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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 Debi think the salesman from Ohio might have to explain to "St. Whoever" (6) after he dies?
2. What did Debi see Paulie doing the day before at Wegmans?
3. What is Debi's daughter's name?
4. What does Debi think of Alma as a mother?
5. What does Debi finally do when Alma continues to glare at her "as if stuck"(8)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Vicky? Describe her relationship with Debi.
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. How does Debi try to cope with the fact that Vicky ran away from her?
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. Describe the scene at Paul's gravesite a few days after his funeral.
6. Why does Debi think she should have been born in the future?
7. When did Vicky leave? Where did she go? With whom? What was the last word Debi received from her daughter?
8. What does Pammy say to Alma when they first see Debi? How does Alma respond?
9. What has Debi done in her past which she admits makes her no angel?
10. What was Debi's relationship with Paul, Sr.? How does Debi feel about Paul and his behavior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Alma and Debi in "Mother's Day." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
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 exploring the theme of motherhood in "Mother's Day." Discuss Debi and Alma as mothers and their present relationship with their children. How do these relationships speak to the themes of the past, regret, and self-delusion?
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