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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 18 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Debi think the salesman from Ohio might have to explain to "St. Whoever" (6) after he dies?
(a) Verbally berating Debi.
(b) Stealing from his job.
(c) Cheating on his wife.
(d) Not always stopping when she asks.

2. After falling to the ground, Alma realizes something is wrong with what?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her ankle.

3. What does Debi finally do when Alma continues to glare at her "as if stuck"(8)?
(a) She goes inside.
(b) She flips her off.
(c) She waves.
(d) She lifts her shirt.

4. What does Pammy ask Alma as she stares at Debi from across the street?
(a) If she wants her to slap Debi for what she did.
(b) If she wants to say hi to her old friend.
(c) If she is the one her dad had an affair with.
(d) If she knows that crazy hippie.

5. What word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?
(a) Easy.
(b) Symbiotic.
(c) Tense.
(d) Excruciating.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alma feel about what her daughter tries to point out to her as the walk Pine Street at the start of the story?

2. What does Debi see out the window after hearing the ambulance?

3. What did Paulie try to give Alma and Paul, Sr. when they nearly lost their house?

4. What did Debi's daughter do before a parade once to make their house look more presentable?

5. What does Alma recall Pammy doing once when Alma tried to adjust her collar when she was younger?

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