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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 Mr. Weimer tell the narrator at his son's wake?
(a) He knows who has been knocking his trash cans down.
(b) He is divorcing his wife.
(c) He does not miss his son.
(d) He feels nothing.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola live with?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her son.

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?
(a) Eat more healthily.
(b) Find a partner.
(c) Move out and get a job.
(d) Come out and help collect what is on the lawn.

4. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," who is the neighbor?
(a) Mrs. Hunderson.
(b) Mrs. Jeffries.
(c) Mr. Henries.
(d) Mr. Weimer.

5. In "None of That," who or what is supposed to be coming to help the mother after she gets stuck on the lawn?
(a) An ambulance.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A priest.

6. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the boy from next door sit on once while he talks to Lola's husband?
(a) The porch.
(b) The stool.
(c) The fence.
(d) The bench.

7. In "Breath From the Depths," what once made Lola nervous seeing all of it in the fridge?
(a) Yogurts.
(b) Cream pies.
(c) Cottage cheese.
(d) Strawberries.

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

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

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

11. Where does Javier finally see his parents and children at the end of the story?
(a) Inside the house, through the picture window.
(b) The woods.
(c) At the lake.
(d) In the car.

12. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola see one night in the yard?
(a) A dog being hit by a car.
(b) A stabbing.
(c) A shooting.
(d) Someone's silhouette against a tree outside.

13. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the husband buy that bothers Lola?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Powdered cocoa.
(d) Alcohol.

14. In "My Parents and My Children," what do Javier's parents do that is very strange?
(a) Eat grass.
(b) Act as if they are police.
(c) Get naked.
(d) Play music very softly.

15. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," where does the narrator tell Mr. Weimer to leave his things?
(a) In the trees on her lawn.
(b) In the lake.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator offer Mr. Weimer?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," where does the boy next door go to return the thing he borrowed from Lola's husband?

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?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what sound does Lola make sometimes when she breathes?

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier realize has always been the way in his family?

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