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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," what does the narrator think of her sister?
(a) She is stupid.
(b) She always has to be the center of attention.
(c) She is smart.
(d) She is funny.

2. In "An Unlucky Man," how old is the narrator on her birthday?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

3. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator's sister drink?
(a) Juice.
(b) Soda.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Water.

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator worry about people have seen on the way to the hospital?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her underwear.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her parents.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," how does Lola's husband die?
(a) In an accidental shooting.
(b) In a car accident in the street.
(c) Slowly in the hospital.
(d) Suddenly, and in the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Two Square Feet," how does the mother-in-law ask God for things she wants?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Lola's neighbor say she is worried when Lola comes to see her at first?

4. In "Two Square Feet," what does the man the narrator's mother-in-law runs into have drawn on his eyelids?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Lola's husband place her in his bed and not hers after her visit to the neighbor?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator find she has in common with her mother-in-law?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what "strange" question does Lola ask Susana about her son?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Susana say she blames Lola for her son's death?

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

5. In "Two Square Feet," what bad decisions or luck does the narrator allude to?

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

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

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

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

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

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