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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Pammy doing while they walk Pine Street, which Alma finds nearly absurd?
2. What was Paul, Sr.'s occupation?
3. What did Pammy take Alma to on Mother's Day?
4. What did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?
5. What did Alma feel her children ruined when it came to her and Paul, Sr.'s relationship?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Alma feel about how her children turned out despite being such smart children?
2. What were Paul, Sr.'s vices?
3. Who is Pammy? Who is Alma? Why are they together at the start of "Mother's Day"?
4. How does Alma feel about Pammy pointing out the purple flowers to her on their walk? What is Pammy wearing and how does Alma feel about her outfit?
5. What does Alma remember about the time she visited the zoo with Pammy and Paulie as children?
6. What does Paulie recall from the night he hit his father in the groin for scaring him and his sister? What does Alma recall?
7. What did Alma do for her husband to entice him to stay home when he began staying out all night when the children were young?
8. Who is Paul, Sr.? What did he do for work? Was he successful? How do you know?
9. Who is Debi Hather? Where does Alma first see her in the story? How does Alma remember her?
10. Who is Paulie? Why is he not with Alma at the start of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Saunders's "Mother's Day." Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
Essay Topic 2
Though Debi and Alma's thoughts the readers sees how each woman copes by rewriting the past. Write an essay explore the ways in which both Debi and Alma rewrite their story. What parts of their story do they change and why?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing point of view in "Mother's Day." The story is written in third person alternating between Alma and Debi's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
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