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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Alma respond when Pammy suggested Debi Hather was an old friend?
(a) She said she had never seen the woman in her life.
(b) She said she never meant anything to them.
(c) She said she used to sleep with her father.
(d) She said she was not sure Debi would remember her.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Debi's daughter's name?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene at Paul's gravesite a few days after his funeral.

2. What does Pammy say to Alma when they first see Debi? How does Alma respond?

3. Why is Debi surprised Alma's children pay any attention to her on Mother's Day? What did Debi see Paulie doing at Wegman's the day before Mother's Day?

4. What has Debi done in her past which she admits makes her no angel?

5. Why does Debi think she should have been born in the future?

6. What was Debi's relationship with Paul, Sr.? How does Debi feel about Paul and his behavior?

7. When did Vicky leave? Where did she go? With whom? What was the last word Debi received from her daughter?

8. Who is Vicky? Describe her relationship with Debi.

9. How does Debi try to cope with the fact that Vicky ran away from her?

10. What happened when Vicky brought a boy name Rob over? In what way did Debi embarrass Vicky? What did Vicky do that Debi found absurd?

(see the answer keys)

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