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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (An Unlucky Man - Out, Pages 167 - 190).

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

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

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

4. In "None of That," when does the daughter finally tell her mother they definitely have to leave the stranger's house?
(a) When the father comes home.
(b) When the boy gets sick.
(c) When the police are called.
(d) When the daughter throws up.

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what does the narrator think of Charly?
(a) He is very smart.
(b) He is very overweight.
(c) He is not very smart.
(d) He is good at his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Unlucky Man," where does the narrator wait?

2. In "None of That," what does the mother once move into a stranger's yard from another stranger's yard?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the husband buy that bothers Lola?

4. In "My Parents and My Children," what are the names of the children?

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier tell Charly he does not do?

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