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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Two Square Feet - An Unlucky Man, Pages 141 - 166).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "An Unlucky Man," who sits next to the narrator while she waits?
(a) Her father.
(b) A stranger - a man.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her aunt.

2. In "Two Square Feet," where did the narrator and her husband recently live?
(a) Germany.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Spain.
(d) Finland.

3. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator wish her own son will do at the end of the story?
(a) Move out and get a job.
(b) Find a partner.
(c) Eat more healthily.
(d) Come out and help collect what is on the lawn.

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what is written on the thing the man gives the narrator?
(a) A prayer.
(b) I love you.
(c) 92.
(d) Nothing.

5. In "Two Square Feet," why does the narrator listen to her mother-in-law?
(a) She is tired.
(b) She has nothing better to do.
(c) Her husband makes her.
(d) She loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what news does Lola tell her husband about the boy next door?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Lola's neighbor say she is worried when Lola comes to see her at first?

3. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the mother try to make the younger sister drink?

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the first personal thing the narrator tells the man?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola's husband let the boy next door borrow?

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