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

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola obsessively do in her house?
(a) Pack boxes.
(b) Sing.
(c) Eat.
(d) Clean.

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

4. In "None of That," what is the first person who comes out of the house the narrator and her mother get stuck at holding?
(a) A flower.
(b) A toy truck.
(c) A gun.
(d) A book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola usually need to cook?

2. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Marga keep repeating to the police?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what is one type of flower Lola has that she checks on in her yard?

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

5. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola never go any longer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator in "None of That" think her mother has been doing with her, the narrator's, time in this story?

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator wish her own son will do at the very end of the story?

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

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

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

6. What does the mother in "None of That" do once she is in the stranger's house?

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

8. In "None of That," what is the woman whose lawn the narrator's mother has ruined mostly seemed concerned about at first?

9. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Schweblin insinuate is the reason the narrator's husband left?

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

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