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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 raised a bold, independent girl.
(b) She taught her daughter how to save enough money to survive on her own.
(c) Debi knew she deserved it.
(d) Her daughter had always been a free-spirit.

2. Who does Debi refer to as the love of her life?
(a) Paul.
(b) Carl.
(c) Tom.
(d) Phil.

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

4. What does Debi imagine Alma would say to her if they were in Heaven at the same time?
(a) Sorry I was a super-snoot to you.
(b) We don't belong here.
(c) Thanks for taking care of my Paul.
(d) Who let you in?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had it been since Debi last heard from her daughter?

2. What does Debi think she should do to Alma that "would freak the old bitch out" (6)?

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

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

5. Where did Al Fowler and his cousin leave Debi's daughter after she ran away?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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