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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 is Alma thankful Pammy and Paulie had not been bugging her about during this visit?
(a) Her drinking.
(b) Finding a boyfriend.
(c) Her looks.
(d) Her smoking.

2. What is Debi doing outside of her house when Alma sees her as she and Pammy reach the house?
(a) Planting roses.
(b) Painting her house.
(c) Sweeping her sidewalk.
(d) Mowing her lawn.

3. What does Debi imagine Alma would say to her if they were in Heaven at the same time?
(a) Who let you in?
(b) Sorry I was a super-snoot to you.
(c) Thanks for taking care of my Paul.
(d) We don't belong here.

4. What does Alma recall about Debi's parents?
(a) They both had limps.
(b) They were deaf.
(c) They were dancers.
(d) They were hippies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alma recall doing when she had once found Paul, Sr. passed out on their porch?

2. How does Debi describe Alma's face when she first sees her from across the street?

3. What does Pammy try to point out to her mother as they walk Pine Street at the start of the story?

4. What does Paulie claim his father did to him when he punched him in the groin when he was young?

5. What does Debi think the salesman from Ohio might have to explain to "St. Whoever" (6) after he dies?

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