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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," where does the boy next door go to return the thing he borrowed from Lola's husband?
(a) The garage.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The attic.
(d) The church.

2. In "None of That," what does the narrator's father leave for the mother and daughter when he leaves the family?
(a) The birdfeeder.
(b) His clothes.
(c) The car key.
(d) His shoes.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what was the weather the day of the supermarket incident?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Mild.
(c) Hot.
(d) Rainy.

4. 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 does not miss his son.
(c) He is divorcing his wife.
(d) He feels nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the son say about the Weimers?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola's husband let the boy next door borrow?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Weimer often do in "It Happens All the Time in This House"?

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

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

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola's husband bring into the kitchen so she can cook and do dishes?

5. What does the mother frequently do in "None of That"?

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

7. Who follows the narrator and her mother to their house, and what does this person want, in "None of That"?

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

9. What does the narrator say has happened to her father in the story "None of that"?

10. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola write to herself to "wrap"?

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