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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Two Square Feet - An Unlucky Man, Pages 141 - 166).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "My Parents and My Children," what kind of house are the parents and children staying at?
(a) Tiny house.
(b) Mansion.
(c) Summer house.
(d) Hut.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does a sign on the front door in Lola's house say?
(a) Don't forget the keys.
(b) Stop!
(c) Remember your shoes.
(d) You win.

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

4. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Mrs. Weimer repeatedly throw on the narrator's lawn?
(a) Her flowers.
(b) Her food.
(c) Her dead son's clothes.
(d) Her wood scraps.

5. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the first thing the person who sits next to the narrator says to her?
(a) "How's it going?"
(b) "Here is my card."
(c) "Time to find a drink."
(d) "You will be OK."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the father ask the narrator for?

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

3. 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?

4. In "None of That," when does the daughter finally tell her mother they definitely have to leave the stranger's house?

5. In "None of That," what is the first person who comes out of the house the narrator and her mother get stuck at holding?

(see the answer key)

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