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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 attic.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The church.

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator realize with a shock about herself and Mr. Weimer?
(a) They are angry with each other.
(b) They are in sync.
(c) They are both the same religion.
(d) They are in love.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola tell her husband someone in the house has to do?
(a) Make the dinner.
(b) Wear the pants.
(c) Talk to friends.
(d) Earn money.

4. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," where does the narrator tell Mr. Weimer to leave his things?
(a) In the trees on her lawn.
(b) In the sky.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the lake.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola want the important things to her to stay?
(a) Inside the house.
(b) In the yard.
(c) In the garage.
(d) In the attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator leave when she sees Mr. Weimer in the beginning of the story?

2. In "None of That," what does the daughter tell herself when she drives her mother home from the stranger's house?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what once made Lola nervous seeing all of it in the fridge?

4. In "None of That," what does the mother often do with things she steals from others?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. In "Breath From the Depths," what sections of the newspaper does Lola usually read?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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