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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "None of That," what does the mother say about being stuck?
(a) This is not really a problem at all.
(b) She does not say anything.
(c) There are many ways out of this.
(d) There is no way out of this.

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what often comes to the narrator as she washes the dishes?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Reflections.

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

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

5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Mr. Weimer tell the narrator at his son's wake?
(a) He does not miss his son.
(b) He feels nothing.
(c) He knows who has been knocking his trash cans down.
(d) He is divorcing his wife.

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

7. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier realize has always been the way in his family?
(a) They were always angry.
(b) They had always spent money too freely.
(c) They were always happy.
(d) It had few things, but they were well-organized.

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

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

10. 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) Come out and help collect what is on the lawn.
(d) Move out and get a job.

11. In "None of That," what does the mother do in the bedroom while alone that the daughter notices?
(a) Make the bed.
(b) Run a bath.
(c) Try on clothes.
(d) Try on jewelry.

12. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola want the important things to her to stay?
(a) In the garage.
(b) In the yard.
(c) Inside the house.
(d) In the attic.

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

14. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola's husband let the boy next door borrow?
(a) A wrench.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A level.
(d) A saw.

15. In "None of That," what does the mother often do with things she steals from others?
(a) Eats them.
(b) Destroys them.
(c) Buries them in the backyard.
(d) Sells them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator realize with a shock about herself and Mr. Weimer?

2. Where does Javier finally see his parents and children at the end of the story?

3. In "None of That," where does the mother lock herself once inside the strangers' house?

4. In "None of That," what does the mother steal from the strangers' house?

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

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