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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," how does the mother-in-law ask God for things she wants?
(a) She just asks God to do the best God can.
(b) She tells God no one loves God as much as she does.
(c) She tells God she will do his work if he helps her.
(d) She does not ask God for things she wants.

2. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the narrator's father's "clincher"?
(a) This is an outrage.
(b) You have not heard the last of me.
(c) I will not condone such nonsense.
(d) I will fight this in court.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Lola's neighbor say she is worried when Lola comes to see her at first?
(a) Her son has not come home.
(b) Her mother is ill.
(c) Her husband is ill.
(d) She is losing her job.

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola tell her neighbor she is looking for and that it is very important for her to find?
(a) A wrench.
(b) A towel.
(c) A saw.
(d) A hammer.

5. In "Two Square Feet," what does the mother-in-law do in the living room as she discusses finances with the narrator?
(a) Sings.
(b) Paints her nails.
(c) Eats.
(d) Listens to music.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola always keep her list?

3. In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator say she and her husband have lost?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the sign in the top drawer of the desk say?

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 "strange" question does Lola ask Susana about her son?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the boy next door once asks Lola desperately to do for him?

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

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