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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alma recall Paul, Sr. doing the time Pammy slapped her?
(a) He yelled at Alma for bugging Pammy.
(b) He punished Pammy for two weeks.
(c) He walked by and said nothing.
(d) He slapped her back.

2. How does Debi try to justify her daughter leaving without a word?
(a) She raised a bold, independent girl.
(b) Debi knew she deserved it.
(c) Her daughter had always been a free-spirit.
(d) She taught her daughter how to save enough money to survive on her own.

3. What word did Paul, Sr. once use to describe "the efficacy of his tree stimulator" (3)?
(a) Fabulous.
(b) Treacherous.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Nebulous.

4. What does Debi recall her daughter learning a lot about when she was younger?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The American Indian Wars.

5. In addition to working "dumb jobs" (3) and never marrying, what are Pammy and Paulie always doing?
(a) Talking about their feelings.
(b) Going on fad diets.
(c) Asking Alma for money.
(d) Moving from one apartment to another.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alma remember Debi when they were in high school?

2. What does Debi's daughter write on the postcard she sent two weeks after she took off?

3. What does Debi recall her daughter doing when she brought a boy named Rob over, which Debi could not fathom?

4. How does Debi think of herself as a mother?

5. In what industry does Paulie work?

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