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

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

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

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

5. Where did Al Fowler and his cousin leave Debi's daughter after she ran away?
(a) Philly.
(b) Palm Springs.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debi think the salesman from Ohio might have to explain to "St. Whoever" (6) after he dies?

2. How does Debi describe her daughter when thinking "somehow she'd go stuck with the wrong kid" (7)?

3. What does Debi recall her daughter learning a lot about when she was younger?

4. How does Debi describe Alma's face when she first sees her from across the street?

5. What does Debi imagine Alma would learn about her husband when she reached Heaven and watched the movie of her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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