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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 does Pammy wear while out with her mother on Mother's Day?
2. What is Pammy doing while they walk Pine Street, which Alma finds nearly absurd?
3. What was Paul, Sr.'s occupation?
4. What does Alma think the place Pammy works smells like?
5. What did Alma once do when Pammy and Paulie did not listen to her at the zoo?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Paulie recall from the night he hit his father in the groin for scaring him and his sister? What does Alma recall?
3. How does Alma feel about how her children turned out despite being such smart children?
4. Who is Paulie? Why is he not with Alma at the start of the story?
5. Who is Debi Hather? Where does Alma first see her in the story? How does Alma remember her?
6. What does Alma remember about the time she visited the zoo with Pammy and Paulie as children?
7. Who is Pammy? Who is Alma? Why are they together at the start of "Mother's Day"?
8. What were Paul, Sr.'s vices?
9. 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?
10. Who is Paul, Sr.? What did he do for work? Was he successful? How do you know?
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
Write an essay about how the rainstorm impacts the narrative and moves the story's plot.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Mother's Day." Indicate examples of imagery in explore how the imagery in the story drives the narrative.
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