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

2. In "My Parents and My Children," who is the narrator's ex-spouse?
(a) Marga.
(b) Helen.
(c) Henry.
(d) Charly.

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

4. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier realize has always been the way in his family?
(a) They had always spent money too freely.
(b) They were always happy.
(c) They were always angry.
(d) It had few things, but they were well-organized.

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) Eat them.
(c) Pretend they are not there.
(d) Sell them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "None of That," what does the mother steal from the strangers' house?

2. In "None of That," who or what is supposed to be coming to help the mother after she gets stuck on the lawn?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola want the important things to her to stay?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola like to watch on television?

5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what often comes to the narrator as she washes the dishes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola suspect her husband has been spending time with and how does she feel about this?

3. What does Mr. Weimer repeatedly collect from the narrator's lawn in "It Happens All the Time in This House"?

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

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

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. In "Breath From the Depths," who is Lola's main caregiver?

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

10. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola remember as a humiliating experience that at this point in the story, the reader does not know details of?

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