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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 did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?
3. Why did Paulie miss the Mother's Day outing with Pammy and Alma?
4. What does Pammy wear while out with her mother on Mother's Day?
5. What does Alma recall about Debi's parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Alma remember about the time she visited the zoo with Pammy and Paulie as children?
2. 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?
3. Who is Paulie? Why is he not with Alma at the start of the story?
4. What were Paul, Sr.'s vices?
5. How does Alma feel about how her children turned out despite being such smart children?
6. 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?
7. Who is Pammy? Who is Alma? Why are they together at the start of "Mother's Day"?
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. What does Paulie recall from the night he hit his father in the groin for scaring him and his sister? What does Alma recall?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Paul, Sr.'s character in "Mother's Day." Who was he? What was his relationship with Alma and Debi? How does his character drive the narrative and speak to the themes of the past and regret?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title “Mother's Day." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
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