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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alma recall Pammy doing once when Alma tried to adjust her collar when she was younger?
(a) Holding her hand.
(b) Kissing her cheek.
(c) Crying.
(d) Slapping her.

2. What does Alma recall doing when she had once found Paul, Sr. passed out on their porch?
(a) She kicked him.
(b) She called the cops on him.
(c) She poured cold water on his head.
(d) She helped him to bed.

3. What did Pammy and Paulie witness one fourth of July when they were young and playing with sparklers?
(a) Paul, Sr. hit Alma.
(b) Paul, Sr. having sex with another woman.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Their parents having sex.

4. What did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?
(a) Muffin.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Milly.
(d) Lolly.

5. How does Alma remember Debi when they were in high school?
(a) A strange, trashy girl.
(b) A bright, charming girl.
(c) A dirty, rude girl.
(d) A quiet, conservative girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pammy work?

2. What is Pammy doing while they walk Pine Street, which Alma finds nearly absurd?

3. Who is Elieen who Alma recalls when thinking of Pammy and Paulie's younger days?

4. Why did Paulie miss the Mother's Day outing with Pammy and Alma?

5. What word did Paul, Sr. once use to describe "the efficacy of his tree stimulator" (3)?

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