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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alma recall Paul, Sr. doing the time Pammy slapped her?
(a) He punished Pammy for two weeks.
(b) He slapped her back.
(c) He walked by and said nothing.
(d) He yelled at Alma for bugging Pammy.

2. What is Pammy doing while they walk Pine Street, which Alma finds nearly absurd?
(a) Talking loudly.
(b) Holding Alma's hand.
(c) Telling everyone to wish her mother a Happy Mother's Day.
(d) Yelling at strangers.

3. 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.

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

5. What did Alma once do when Pammy and Paulie did not listen to her at the zoo?
(a) She left them there.
(b) She had Paul, Sr. take them home.
(c) She spanked them both.
(d) She called the cops.

6. What did Pammy take Alma to on Mother's Day?
(a) The movies.
(b) A park.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Lunch.

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

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

9. What did Alma feel her children ruined when it came to her and Paul, Sr.'s relationship?
(a) Their financial stability.
(b) Their vacationing.
(c) Their communication.
(d) Their sex life.

10. Why did Paulie miss the Mother's Day outing with Pammy and Alma?
(a) His flight was delayed.
(b) He slept in.
(c) He had the dates mixed up.
(d) He missed his flight.

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

12. What was Paul, Sr.'s occupation?
(a) Arborist.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Salesman.

13. What does Alma recall about Debi's parents?
(a) They were deaf.
(b) They both had limps.
(c) They were hippies.
(d) They were dancers.

14. What did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Milly.
(c) Muffin.
(d) Lolly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Elieen who Alma recalls when thinking of Pammy and Paulie's younger days?

2. What did Paulie try to give Alma and Paul, Sr. when they nearly lost their house?

3. What did Pammy and Paulie witness one fourth of July when they were young and playing with sparklers?

4. What does Paulie claim his father did to him when he punched him in the groin when he was young?

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

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