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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Paul buy Alma for her birthday not long before he died?
(a) A Black Cadillac.
(b) A Green Karmann Ghia.
(c) A Red Granada.
(d) A Blue Scorpio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debi imagine Alma would learn about her husband when she reached Heaven and watched the movie of her life?

2. What does Pammy ask Alma as she stares at Debi from across the street?

3. What does Debi think she should do to Alma that "would freak the old bitch out" (6)?

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

5. What did Debi use in the Mac-n-cheese for her daughter and her male friend when they had no milk?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Vicky leave? Where did she go? With whom? What was the last word Debi received from her daughter?

2. Describe the scene at Paul's gravesite a few days after his funeral.

3. Why is Debi surprised Alma's children pay any attention to her on Mother's Day? What did Debi see Paulie doing at Wegman's the day before Mother's Day?

4. What has Debi done in her past which she admits makes her no angel?

5. What was Debi's relationship with Paul, Sr.? How does Debi feel about Paul and his behavior?

6. What happened when Vicky brought a boy name Rob over? In what way did Debi embarrass Vicky? What did Vicky do that Debi found absurd?

7. How does Debi try to cope with the fact that Vicky ran away from her?

8. Who is Vicky? Describe her relationship with Debi.

9. Why does Debi think she should have been born in the future?

10. What does Pammy say to Alma when they first see Debi? How does Alma respond?

(see the answer keys)

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