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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 think the place Pammy works smells like?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Crap.
(c) Patchouli.
(d) Hemp.

2. Who is the author of "Mother's Day"?
(a) George Saunders.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) John Cheever.
(d) David Foster Wallace.

3. What did Alma once do when Pammy and Paulie did not listen to her at the zoo?
(a) She called the cops.
(b) She left them there.
(c) She spanked them both.
(d) She had Paul, Sr. take them home.

4. What does Pammy try to point out to her mother as they walk Pine Street at the start of the story?
(a) The rain clouds.
(b) Purple flowers.
(c) The nice houses.
(d) All the traffic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alma recall about Debi's parents?

2. What instrument did Pammy play briefly when she was younger?

3. What does Alma recall doing when she had once found Paul, Sr. passed out on their porch?

4. What was Paul, Sr.'s occupation?

5. When Pammy snaps Alma out of her daydream when they are walking, what reason does Alma give for stopping?

(see the answer key)

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