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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 Alma recall Pammy doing once when Alma tried to adjust her collar when she was younger?
(a) Holding her hand.
(b) Kissing her cheek.
(c) Crying.
(d) Slapping her.

2. Why is Pammy's head bleeding when they are under the tree at the Ubernicks in the midst of the storm?
(a) A tree branch fell on her.
(b) She was hit with a large bit of hail.
(c) She slipped and fell on the pavement.
(d) Alma had whacked her for trying to help.

3. How does Alma remember Debi when they were in high school?
(a) A strange, trashy girl.
(b) A bright, charming girl.
(c) A dirty, rude girl.
(d) A quiet, conservative girl.

4. Where did Al Fowler and his cousin leave Debi's daughter after she ran away?
(a) Portland.
(b) Philly.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Palm Springs.

5. What does Pammy try to point out to her mother as they walk Pine Street at the start of the story?
(a) All the traffic.
(b) The rain clouds.
(c) Purple flowers.
(d) The nice houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pammy work?

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

3. What does Debi recall her daughter doing when she brought a boy named Rob over, which Debi could not fathom?

4. What does Alma begin to see after she collapses in the storm?

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

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