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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 "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) Come out and help collect what is on the lawn.
(c) Eat more healthily.
(d) Find a partner.

2. 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 hospital.
(d) The church.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," who has Lola lost?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her sister.

4. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Marga keep repeating to the police?
(a) "My husband, my husband."
(b) "My pain, my pain."
(c) "I want to die, I want to die."
(d) "My kids, my kids."

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier tell Charly he does not do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Drive.
(d) Eat meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "My Parents and My Children," who is the narrator's ex-spouse?

2. In "None of That," what does the mother often do with things she steals from others?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," where is there a robbery one night?

4. In "None of That," where do the narrator and her mother get stuck?

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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