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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 "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator think she needs to get back that is still in storage?
(a) Her fur coat.
(b) Her table.
(c) Her money.
(d) Her boxes.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola hate using of her husband's when she cannot find her own?
(a) His old comb.
(b) His dentures.
(c) His razor.
(d) His shoes.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola think of her neighbor's house?
(a) It is too new.
(b) It is beautiful.
(c) It is too old.
(d) It is unkempt.

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what becomes broken in Lola's house?
(a) Tables.
(b) Stoves.
(c) Chairs.
(d) Mirrors.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what is Lola's husband's favorite magazine to read?
(a) People.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Science.
(d) Vogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the narrator wearing on her birthday?

2. In "Two Square Feet," where did the narrator and her husband recently live?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola check to see if everything is in order after the boy has been there?

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the first thing the person who sits next to the narrator says to her?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola offer her next-door neighbor?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," why is Lola frightened by the boy next door?

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

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

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

5. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola call when her husband collapses, and why?

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

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

8. In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator's mother-in-law ask her to buy for her?

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

10. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Susana finally tell Lola directly after Lola's husband dies?

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