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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," where does the narrator wait?
(a) The church.
(b) The bar.
(c) The hospital waiting room.
(d) The sidewalk.

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

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola keep hearing replayed in her mind from her husband's death?
(a) The gunshot.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The sound of him hitting the floor behind her.
(d) The sound of car tires squealing.

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the first personal thing the narrator tells the man?
(a) She is short.
(b) She has one brother.
(c) It is her birthday.
(d) She is nervous.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola lie to the authorities about after her husband dies?
(a) That they have money.
(b) That she has enough clothes.
(c) That she can cook for herself.
(d) That they have a caregiver.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the second personal thing the narrator tells the man?

2. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator think of her sister?

3. In "Two Square Feet," why does the narrator say she wastes time?

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

5. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Susana tell Lola she blames her - partially - for her son's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Breath From the Depths," what pantry object does Lola fixate on, and why?

7. In "An Unlucky Man," who does the narrator meet in the hospital waiting room?

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

9. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator's father demand from the narrator?

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

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