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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 "Two Square Feet," what does the mother-in-law insist on doing for the narrator and her husband?
(a) Watching their child.
(b) Buying them a house.
(c) Cooking for them.
(d) Getting books for them.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola hate using of her husband's when she cannot find her own?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His old comb.
(c) His dentures.
(d) His razor.

3. In "None of That," what does the woman who owns the house ask the narrator's mother while the mother is still in the car?
(a) What her job is.
(b) If she wants to die today.
(c) What the mother is doing in her yard.
(d) Where her flowers are.

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the second personal thing the narrator tells the man?
(a) She has two sisters.
(b) She is nervous.
(c) She is an only child.
(d) She is not wearing underwear.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola ask her husband to set up her chair?
(a) On the porch, facing the street.
(b) On the sidewalk.
(c) On the roof.
(d) In the garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Lola's husband place her in his bed and not hers after her visit to the neighbor?

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

3. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the narrator's father's "clincher"?

4. In "None of That," who follows the mother and daughter home from the stranger's house?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola begin to suspect about her own life?

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