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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pammy try to point out to her mother as they walk Pine Street at the start of the story?
(a) The nice houses.
(b) All the traffic.
(c) The rain clouds.
(d) Purple flowers.

2. How did Alma respond when Pammy suggested Debi Hather was an old friend?
(a) She said she had never seen the woman in her life.
(b) She said she was not sure Debi would remember her.
(c) She said she used to sleep with her father.
(d) She said she never meant anything to them.

3. What does Debi recall her daughter learning a lot about when she was younger?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The American Indian Wars.

4. Who does Debi refer to as the love of her life?
(a) Carl.
(b) Paul.
(c) Tom.
(d) Phil.

5. What does Debi think of Alma as a mother?
(a) She was overly affectionate.
(b) She was generous.
(c) She was strict but fair.
(d) She was mean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Paulie miss the Mother's Day outing with Pammy and Alma?

2. What does Debi recall her daughter doing when she brought a boy named Rob over, which Debi could not fathom?

3. What does Debi's daughter write on the postcard she sent two weeks after she took off?

4. Where does Alma say she wants to go when Pammy suggests they walk up Pickle Street?

5. What did Alma feel her children ruined when it came to her and Paul, Sr.'s relationship?

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