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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. What does Debi think she should do to Alma that "would freak the old bitch out" (6)?
(a) Slap her.
(b) Lift up her shirt.
(c) Run across the street and hug her.
(d) Yell something obscene about her husband.

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

3. 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 is the one her dad had an affair with.
(d) If she knows that crazy hippie.

4. What does Debi recall her daughter doing when she brought a boy named Rob over, which Debi could not fathom?
(a) She dressed in sweatpants.
(b) She did not wear makeup.
(c) She talked about school.
(d) She kept her retainer on.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Pammy suggest Alma do when Debi waves at her?

4. What did Debi's daughter do before a parade once to make their house look more presentable?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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