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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Debi think of herself as a mother?
(a) Too strict.
(b) Neglectful.
(c) Too lenient.
(d) Generous.

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

3. What did Paul once give to Debi after they had sex behind St. Jude's?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) Lingerie.
(c) A love note.
(d) An engagement ring.

4. How does Debi describe Alma's face when she first sees her from across the street?
(a) Shriveled apple.
(b) Fuzzy peach.
(c) Sour lemon.
(d) Big old prune.

5. What does Pammy suggest Alma do when Debi waves at her?
(a) Flip her off.
(b) Tell her off.
(c) Wave back.
(d) Ignore her.

6. What did Debi see Paulie doing the day before at Wegmans?
(a) Applying for a job.
(b) Buying flowers for Alma.
(c) Buying nips of whiskey.
(d) Trying to steal cigarettes.

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

8. What did Debi do a few days after Paul's funeral?
(a) She snuck to his grave an wept.
(b) She left town.
(c) She sent an anonymous sympathy card to Alma.
(d) She told Alma about their affair.

9. What does Debi finally do when Alma continues to glare at her "as if stuck"(8)?
(a) She flips her off.
(b) She goes inside.
(c) She waves.
(d) She lifts her shirt.

10. What did Debi use in the Mac-n-cheese for her daughter and her male friend when they had no milk?
(a) Extra butter.
(b) Pancake syrup.
(c) Strawberry yogurt.
(d) Peanut butter.

11. What word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?
(a) Excruciating.
(b) Easy.
(c) Tense.
(d) Symbiotic.

12. What did Debi's ex-lover, the salesman from Ohio, always have with him?
(a) Whipped cream.
(b) Blindfolds.
(c) A whip.
(d) A leather thong.

13. What does Debi think of Alma as a mother?
(a) She was overly affectionate.
(b) She was generous.
(c) She was mean.
(d) She was strict but fair.

14. How does Debi describe her daughter when thinking "somehow she'd go stuck with the wrong kid" (7)?
(a) Uptight.
(b) Out-there.
(c) Snooty.
(d) Wild.

15. What does Pammy ask Alma as she stares at Debi from across the street?
(a) If she wants to say hi to her old friend.
(b) If she wants her to slap Debi for what she did.
(c) If she knows that crazy hippie.
(d) If she is the one her dad had an affair with.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Paul buy Alma for her birthday not long before he died?

3. How does Debi try to justify her daughter leaving without a word?

4. What does Debi imagine Alma would say to her if they were in Heaven at the same time?

5. What does Debi's daughter write on the postcard she sent two weeks after she took off?

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