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

2. How does Debi describe Alma's face when she first sees her from across the street?
(a) Big old prune.
(b) Sour lemon.
(c) Shriveled apple.
(d) Fuzzy peach.

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

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

5. What did Paul once give to Debi after they had sex behind St. Jude's?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) Lingerie.
(c) A love note.
(d) An engagement ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Debi refer to as the love of her life?

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

3. How does Debi try to justify her daughter leaving without a word?

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

5. How did Alma respond when Pammy suggested Debi Hather was an old friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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