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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pammy suggest she and Alma do when the heavy rain starts to fall?
(a) Run.
(b) Call a cab.
(c) Ask Debi for help.
(d) Hide in the church.

2. Why is Debi most disappointed when the heavy rain starts to fall?
(a) She will be stuck inside all day.
(b) She will not get to tend to her garden.
(c) Her Mother's Day plans will be ruined.
(d) She might have to help Alma.

3. What was the age difference between Debi and the salesman from Ohio?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 1 year.

4. What does Debi think the salesman from Ohio might have to explain to "St. Whoever" (6) after he dies?
(a) Verbally berating Debi.
(b) Not always stopping when she asks.
(c) Cheating on his wife.
(d) Stealing from his job.

5. What does Pammy wear while out with her mother on Mother's Day?
(a) A sweatshirt with a crossed-out machine gun on it.
(b) A torn sweater and ripped jeans.
(c) A t-shirt with a half-naked guy on it.
(d) A very short dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Mother's Day"?

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

3. Why is Pammy's head bleeding when they are under the tree at the Ubernicks in the midst of the storm?

4. What is Pammy doing at the very end of the story?

5. What words did Pammy come home from second grade asking her mother about?

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