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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Debi describe her daughter when thinking "somehow she'd go stuck with the wrong kid" (7)?
(a) Snooty.
(b) Uptight.
(c) Out-there.
(d) Wild.

2. What did Alma feel her children ruined when it came to her and Paul, Sr.'s relationship?
(a) Their sex life.
(b) Their vacationing.
(c) Their communication.
(d) Their financial stability.

3. In addition to working "dumb jobs" (3) and never marrying, what are Pammy and Paulie always doing?
(a) Going on fad diets.
(b) Moving from one apartment to another.
(c) Asking Alma for money.
(d) Talking about their feelings.

4. Where does Alma say she wants to go when Pammy suggests they walk up Pickle Street?
(a) Paul, Sr.'s grave.
(b) To the movies.
(c) Dress shopping.
(d) Out for lunch.

5. What word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?
(a) Tense.
(b) Excruciating.
(c) Symbiotic.
(d) Easy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debi recall Paul telling her in the last year of his life?

2. What does Debi imagine Alma would learn about her husband when she reached Heaven and watched the movie of her life?

3. What did Debi use in the Mac-n-cheese for her daughter and her male friend when they had no milk?

4. What word did Paul, Sr. once use to describe "the efficacy of his tree stimulator" (3)?

5. What did Alma once do when Pammy and Paulie did not listen to her at the zoo?

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