View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pammy do to try to protect her mother from the rain?
(a) Let her use her only umbrella.
(b) Call to Debi for help.
(c) Take off her sweathshirt and shield Alma with hit.
(d) Wrap her arms around her mother.

2. How does Alma picture herself before she met Paul?
(a) Smelling lilacs and swinging her diploma.
(b) Smelling roses and smiling at everyone.
(c) Raising hell and running free.
(d) Reading books and keeping to herself.

3. Why did Alma begin wearing "the wildest underthings" (4) when her children were young?
(a) Because Paul asked her to.
(b) To impress her boyfriend.
(c) She had started stripping to make extra money.
(d) To entice Paul to stop seeing other women.

4. What term does Debi use for Alma when thinking of her snobbiness?
(a) Your Majesty.
(b) Prima Donna.
(c) Bell of the Ball.
(d) Queen Bee.

5. What does Pammy wear while out with her mother on Mother's Day?
(a) A torn sweater and ripped jeans.
(b) A very short dress.
(c) A t-shirt with a half-naked guy on it.
(d) A sweatshirt with a crossed-out machine gun on it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the paramedic say to the other paramedic at the end of the story?

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

4. What does Debi finally do when Alma continues to glare at her "as if stuck"(8)?

5. What does the baby girl ask Alma after she dies?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 336 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample