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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 "An Unlucky Man," how old is the narrator's sister?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what is Lola's neighbor's name?
(a) Jane.
(b) Helen.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Susana.

3. In "Two Square Feet," what does the old man who climbs up into the narrator's seat smell like?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Lavendar.
(c) Meat.
(d) Garbage.

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the sign in the top drawer of the desk say?
(a) The money is here.
(b) The food is here.
(c) Take your key.
(d) Leave.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola think the boy next door is doing to get her husband's attention?
(a) Playing loud music.
(b) Throwing pebbles at the house.
(c) Singing.
(d) Shouting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola tell Susana she can not lend her after all, towards the end of the story?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what news does Lola tell her husband about the boy next door?

3. In "Two Square Feet," what did the boxes the narrator and her husband used to pack up their apartment originally contain?

4. In "An Unlucky Man," where does the man take the narrator after leaving the hospital?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola add to her list at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the boy next door borrow and then try to return?

2. In "Two Square Feet," what is the narrator unable to bring herself to go collect in Buenos Aires?

3. What does one of Lola's notes to herself about her neighbor on her list say in In "Breath From the Depths"?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does a note Lola has pinned to the refrigerator say after her husband dies?

5. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator think about her younger sister?

6. In "An Unlucky Man," what happens the day the narrator turns eight?

7. In "Breath From the Depths," what really happened at the supermarket?

8. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Susana, Lola's neighbor, tell Lola she is worried about her own son?

9. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the reader eventually begin to understand more clearly about Lola as the story goes on?

10. In "Two Square Feet," what does the title refer to?

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