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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 woman who owns the house ask the narrator's mother while the mother is still in the car?
(a) What her job is.
(b) What the mother is doing in her yard.
(c) Where her flowers are.
(d) If she wants to die today.

2. In "None of That," who follows the mother and daughter home from the stranger's house?
(a) The police.
(b) The ambulance.
(c) The man.
(d) The woman.

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

4. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the son say about the Weimers?
(a) They are "nutso."
(b) They are very religious.
(c) They are nice.
(d) They are very old.

5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator think Mr. Weimer should do with what he collects from her lawn?
(a) Throw them away.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Pretend they are not there.
(d) Eat them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "My Parents and My Children," what kind of house are the parents and children staying at?

2. 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?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the husband buy that bothers Lola?

4. In "My Parents and My Children," what does the narrator think of Charly?

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what kind of dog does Marga have?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Where do the narrator and her mother get stuck in "None of That"?

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

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

5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator eventually find some kind of kinship with Mr. Weimer over?

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

7. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator feel obligated to say to Mr. Weimer towards the story's end?

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

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

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

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