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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 Mrs. Weimer repeatedly throw on the narrator's lawn?
(a) Her food.
(b) Her flowers.
(c) Her wood scraps.
(d) Her dead son's clothes.

2. In "My Parents and My Children," who is the narrator's ex-spouse?
(a) Marga.
(b) Henry.
(c) Charly.
(d) Helen.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the boy from next door sit on once while he talks to Lola's husband?
(a) The fence.
(b) The porch.
(c) The stool.
(d) The bench.

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

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what are the police fixated on when the children are reported missing?
(a) They have communication challenges.
(b) They are older children.
(c) They are naked.
(d) They are sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola ask her husband to set up her chair?

2. In "None of That," what does the mother ask the woman who owns the house for?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," whose name does Lola not remember when she goes to the hospital?

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

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what part of the house is Lola's territory?

(see the answer key)

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