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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (It Happens All the Time in This House - Breath From the Depths, Pages 43 - 90).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "None of That," what does the daughter tell herself when she drives her mother home from the stranger's house?
(a) To lie.
(b) To make dinner.
(c) To calm down.
(d) To sing.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola sometimes order for dinner?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Rotisserie.
(d) Sushi.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," where does the boy next door go to return the thing he borrowed from Lola's husband?
(a) The attic.
(b) The garage.
(c) The church.
(d) The hospital.

4. In "None of That," where do the narrator and her mother get stuck?
(a) The highway.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The beach.
(d) The muddy lawn of a stranger.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola begin to suspect about her own life?
(a) It is getting better.
(b) It does not matter to anyone.
(c) It is getting more religious.
(d) It has been too long.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola obsessively do in her house?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what once made Lola nervous seeing all of it in the fridge?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola tell her husband someone in the house has to do?

4. In "None of That," where does the mother lock herself once inside the strangers' house?

5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what often comes to the narrator as she washes the dishes?

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