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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 yell out when the baby girl asks her whose fault it was?
(a) I don't know!
(b) His!
(c) Yours!
(d) Both of ours!

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

3. What does Debi recall Paul telling her in the last year of his life?
(a) He never loved Alma.
(b) He never loved Debi.
(c) He had never been so happy.
(d) He regretted cheating on Alma.

4. When Pammy snaps Alma out of her daydream when they are walking, what reason does Alma give for stopping?
(a) She thought she forgot something at the restaurant.
(b) She was daydreaming.
(c) She cannot remember where she is.
(d) Her knees hurt.

5. What does Alma recall doing when she had once found Paul, Sr. passed out on their porch?
(a) She helped him to bed.
(b) She kicked him.
(c) She called the cops on him.
(d) She poured cold water on his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alma respond when Pammy suggested Debi Hather was an old friend?

2. Why did Alma begin wearing "the wildest underthings" (4) when her children were young?

3. What was the age difference between Debi and the salesman from Ohio?

4. What is Debi doing outside of her house when Alma sees her as she and Pammy reach the house?

5. What did Debi's ex-lover, the salesman from Ohio, always have with him?

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