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

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola use to help arrange her life?
(a) A phone.
(b) A personal assistant.
(c) Caffeine.
(d) Lists.

3. Who is the narrator in "My Parents and My Children"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Charly.
(c) Javier.
(d) Marga.

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola think is happening in the grocery store when she sees the woman coming towards her?
(a) She thinks the woman is her daughter.
(b) She thinks the woman coming towards her is herself, from the past.
(c) She thinks the woman will hug her.
(d) She thinks the woman will rob her.

5. In "None of That," what does the daughter tell herself when she drives her mother home from the stranger's house?
(a) To calm down.
(b) To lie.
(c) To sing.
(d) To make dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola ask her neighbor if she think someone might be giving to her son?

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

3. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola call to call the ambulance for her husband?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola think of her neighbor's house?

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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