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

2. In "Two Square Feet," what does the mother-in-law notice the waiting people are always holding?
(a) Bags.
(b) Cassettes.
(c) Food.
(d) Drinks.

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

4. In "Two Square Feet," who loans the narrator and her husband money?
(a) No one.
(b) The friend.
(c) The sister.
(d) The mother-in-law.

5. In "An Unlucky Man," where does the man take the narrator after leaving the hospital?
(a) The kiosk.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) His house.
(d) A shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola's husband sometimes use as a paperweight?

2. In "An Unlucky Man," who drives the family to the hospital?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola ask her neighbor if she think someone might be giving to her son?

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

5. In "Two Square Feet," where is the pharmacy on Santa Fe near?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In "Breath From the Depths," what major loss have Lola and her husband experienced?

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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