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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 does Debi try to justify her daughter leaving without a word?
(a) She raised a bold, independent girl.
(b) Her daughter had always been a free-spirit.
(c) She taught her daughter how to save enough money to survive on her own.
(d) Debi knew she deserved it.

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

3. What word did Paul, Sr. once use to describe "the efficacy of his tree stimulator" (3)?
(a) Nebulous.
(b) Treacherous.
(c) Fabulous.
(d) Spontaneous.

4. At the end of the story, what does Alma believe must happen in order for everything to be fixed?
(a) She must stop seeing Paul.
(b) She must admit her fault.
(c) She must pick up the babies.
(d) She must stop being Alma.

5. How long had it been since Debi last heard from her daughter?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 32 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alma remember Debi when they were in high school?

2. What does the baby girl ask Alma after she dies?

3. What word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?

4. What does Pammy suggest she and Alma do when the heavy rain starts to fall?

5. What does Pammy ask Alma as she stares at Debi from across the street?

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