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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier tell Charly he does not do?
(a) Drive.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Eat meat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Mrs. Weimer repeatedly throw on the narrator's lawn?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola use to help arrange her life?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the boy from next door sit on once while he talks to Lola's husband?

5. In "None of That," where does the narrator's mother drive frequently?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what is the list part of for Lola?

2. What does the narrator tell the woman who has come looking for what the mother stole in "None of That"?

3. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier think of Charly?

4. What do Javier's parents do that is unusual in "My Parents and My Children"?

5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," who lives with the narrator?

6. In "None of That," what does the daughter do to try to help her mother regarding the car?

7. In "Breath From the Depths," what sections of the newspaper does Lola usually read?

8. Why is Marga so worried about the kids in "My Parents and My Children"?

9. In "Breath From the Depths," what unsettles Lola greatly about their neighborhood?

10. What does the mother in "None of That" steal, and what does she do with it when she gets home?

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