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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," who follows the mother and daughter home from the stranger's house?
(a) The police.
(b) The ambulance.
(c) The man.
(d) The woman.

2. In "My Parents and My Children," where does Marga tell Charly to check for the missing people?
(a) The car.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The beach.
(d) The forest.

3. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," who does the narrator think of as the "man" of her house?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her husband.

4. In "None of That," what does the mother tell the daughter she feels about the house?
(a) It makes her happy.
(b) It makes her angry.
(c) It makes her so sad she just wants to die.
(d) It does not make her feel like anything.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the woman from the rotisserie once tell Lola?
(a) The neighborhood was going to hell.
(b) It is not good to worry and she had to try to be more optimistic.
(c) She needed to go to church more often.
(d) She would like pork if she tried it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "None of That," what does the mother like to look at?

4. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Marga keep repeating to the police?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola worry about the kids in the neighborhood doing?

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