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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 18 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Debi recall her daughter doing when she brought a boy named Rob over, which Debi could not fathom?
(a) She talked about school.
(b) She did not wear makeup.
(c) She dressed in sweatpants.
(d) She kept her retainer on.

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

4. What is Pammy doing at the very end of the story?
(a) Hugging Debi.
(b) Yelling at the paramedics.
(c) Praying over her mother.
(d) Sobbing against a tree.

5. What words did Pammy come home from second grade asking her mother about?
(a) Poverty and pervert.
(b) Interferer and truncator.
(c) Ragamuffin and pipsqueak.
(d) Laughingstock and philanderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?

2. What did Paul buy Alma for her birthday not long before he died?

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

4. What nickname does Alma recall using for Pammy when she was young?

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

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