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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. Why does Debi refuse to judge Alma or anyone?
(a) Judging was not loving.
(b) She believes one should be curious, not judgmental.
(c) To judge was to dominate.
(d) One should not judge others if they do not want to be judged themselves.
2. What does Pammy ask Alma as she stares at Debi from across the street?
(a) If she is the one her dad had an affair with.
(b) If she wants to say hi to her old friend.
(c) If she wants her to slap Debi for what she did.
(d) If she knows that crazy hippie.
3. How does Debi describe her daughter when thinking "somehow she'd go stuck with the wrong kid" (7)?
(a) Uptight.
(b) Wild.
(c) Out-there.
(d) Snooty.
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. How long had it been since Debi last heard from her daughter?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 32 years.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 6 months.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Debi's ex-lover, the salesman from Ohio, always have with him?
2. What did Debi do a few days after Paul's funeral?
3. What was the age difference between Debi and the salesman from Ohio?
4. Where did Al Fowler and his cousin leave Debi's daughter after she ran away?
5. What word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What was Debi's relationship with Paul, Sr.? How does Debi feel about Paul and his behavior?
4. How does Debi try to cope with the fact that Vicky ran away from her?
5. Why does Debi think she should have been born in the future?
6. What does Pammy say to Alma when they first see Debi? How does Alma respond?
7. Describe the scene at Paul's gravesite a few days after his funeral.
8. When did Vicky leave? Where did she go? With whom? What was the last word Debi received from her daughter?
9. Who is Vicky? Describe her relationship with Debi.
10. What has Debi done in her past which she admits makes her no angel?
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