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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Elieen who Alma recalls when thinking of Pammy and Paulie's younger days?
(a) Paulie's teacher.
(b) Paulie's ex-girlfriend.
(c) Pammy's first girlfriend.
(d) Pammy's best friend.

2. Who is the author of "Mother's Day"?
(a) George Saunders.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) John Cheever.
(d) David Foster Wallace.

3. Where does Pammy work?
(a) No Animals Need Die.
(b) No People Should Go Hungry.
(c) No Trees Need Die.
(d) No Guns Necessary.

4. What does Paulie claim his father did to him when he punched him in the groin when he was young?
(a) Sent him to sleep in the shed.
(b) Called the cops on him.
(c) Punched him right back.
(d) Sent him to be without supper.

5. Why did Alma begin wearing "the wildest underthings" (4) when her children were young?
(a) To entice Paul to stop seeing other women.
(b) To impress her boyfriend.
(c) Because Paul asked her to.
(d) She had started stripping to make extra money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Debi describe her daughter when thinking "somehow she'd go stuck with the wrong kid" (7)?

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

3. What does Debi think of Alma as a mother?

4. In addition to working "dumb jobs" (3) and never marrying, what are Pammy and Paulie always doing?

5. When Pammy snaps Alma out of her daydream when they are walking, what reason does Alma give for stopping?

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