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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 suggest Alma do when Debi waves at her?
2. What is Debi's daughter's name?
3. What did Debi do a few days after Paul's funeral?
4. What did Debi's daughter do before a parade once to make their house look more presentable?
5. What does Debi think of Alma as a mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene at Paul's gravesite a few days after his funeral.
2. What does Pammy say to Alma when they first see Debi? How does Alma respond?
3. What was Debi's relationship with Paul, Sr.? How does Debi feel about Paul and his behavior?
4. How does Debi try to cope with the fact that Vicky ran away from her?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Why does Debi think she should have been born in the future?
8. What has Debi done in her past which she admits makes her no angel?
9. Who is Vicky? Describe her relationship with Debi.
10. When did Vicky leave? Where did she go? With whom? What was the last word Debi received from her daughter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of "Mother's Day." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Mother's Day" similar or different from his previous works?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Saunders's language style and word choice in "Mother's Day." What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
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