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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator realize with a shock about herself and Mr. Weimer?
(a) They are both the same religion.
(b) They are in sync.
(c) They are in love.
(d) They are angry with each other.

2. In "My Parents and My Children," who is missing partway through the story?
(a) Charly.
(b) Javier.
(c) The children.
(d) Marga.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," when does Lola tell herself to ignore her husband?
(a) If he meddles.
(b) All the time.
(c) When he snores.
(d) When he tells her he loves her.

4. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator offer Mr. Weimer?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Soup.
(d) Lemonade.

5. In "My Parents and My Children," who is Marga's new partner?
(a) Charly.
(b) Michael.
(c) Richard.
(d) Henry.

6. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola worry about the kids in the neighborhood doing?
(a) Scratching her fence.
(b) Stealing their cat.
(c) Eating their food.
(d) Breaking their windows.

7. 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.

8. 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) Where her flowers are.
(d) What the mother is doing in her yard.

9. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator feel she has to say to Mr. Weimer?
(a) Something to solve his problem.
(b) Something to make herself seem cooler than she is.
(c) Something angry.
(d) Something religious.

10. In "Breath From the Depths," how do Lola and her husband eat breakfast?
(a) In gratitude.
(b) In silence.
(c) In fear.
(d) In anger.

11. In "My Parents and My Children," what does the narrator think of Charly?
(a) He is very smart.
(b) He is not very smart.
(c) He is very overweight.
(d) He is good at his job.

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

13. In "Breath From the Depths," what is the first thing on Lola's list?
(a) Help yourself.
(b) Remember to hug.
(c) Find food.
(d) Classify everything.

14. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola sometimes order for dinner?
(a) Noodles.
(b) Rotisserie.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Sushi.

15. 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 husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," who is the neighbor?

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

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola obsessively do in her house?

5. In "None of That," what does the mother once move into a stranger's yard from another stranger's yard?

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