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

2. What does Debi recall Paul telling her in the last year of his life?
(a) He had never been so happy.
(b) He never loved Debi.
(c) He never loved Alma.
(d) He regretted cheating on Alma.

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

4. When reflecting on her past, what does Debi think of "as a form of joyous overflow" (6)?
(a) Sleeping with men.
(b) Picking on Alma.
(c) Raising her daughter.
(d) Doing drugs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?

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

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

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

5. What does Debi finally do when Alma continues to glare at her "as if stuck"(8)?

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. Who is Vicky? Describe her relationship with Debi.

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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