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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," whose name does Lola not remember when she goes to the hospital?
(a) Her husband's.
(b) The doctor's.
(c) The officer manager's.
(d) The nurse's.

2. In "None of That," what does the mother tell the daughter she feels about the house?
(a) It makes her happy.
(b) It makes her angry.
(c) It does not make her feel like anything.
(d) It makes her so sad she just wants to die.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what door does Lola chastise her husband about failing to lock?
(a) The garage door.
(b) The front door.
(c) The basement door.
(d) The man door.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "None of That," where do the narrator and her mother get stuck?

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Mr. Weimer tell the narrator at his son's wake?

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

4. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola live with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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 does Lola write to herself to "wrap"?

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

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

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

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