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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 did Debi use in the Mac-n-cheese for her daughter and her male friend when they had no milk?
2. What is Debi's daughter's name?
3. How long had it been since Debi last heard from her daughter?
4. What did Paul buy Alma for her birthday not long before he died?
5. What does Debi's daughter write on the postcard she sent two weeks after she took off?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Pammy say to Alma when they first see Debi? How does Alma respond?
2. When did Vicky leave? Where did she go? With whom? What was the last word Debi received from her daughter?
3. 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?
4. What has Debi done in her past which she admits makes her no angel?
5. What was Debi's relationship with Paul, Sr.? How does Debi feel about Paul and his behavior?
6. Why does Debi think she should have been born in the future?
7. Describe the scene at Paul's gravesite a few days after his funeral.
8. How does Debi try to cope with the fact that Vicky ran away from her?
9. 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?
10. Who is Vicky? Describe her relationship with Debi.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the themes of self-delusion, resentment, identity and motherhood?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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