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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 mother-in-law notice the waiting people are always holding?
(a) Cassettes.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Food.
(d) Bags.

2. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the man start to fill in next to the narrator for a while?
(a) A crossword puzzle.
(b) A lottery ticket.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A bingo card.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what do Lola and her husband agree her husband can not do without telling her?
(a) Fish.
(b) Buy lottery tickets.
(c) Buy alcohol.
(d) Leave the house.

4. In "Two Square Feet," how many sons does the narrator's mother-in-law have?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what happens that humiliates Lola in the grocery store, in Lola's memory?
(a) She breaks her foot.
(b) She eats from something she had not paid for yet.
(c) She wets herself.
(d) She yells at someone for no reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the doctor ironically suggest Lola do after her fainting spell?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola keep hearing replayed in her mind from her husband's death?

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

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola tell Susana she can not lend her after all, towards the end of the story?

5. In "An Unlucky Man," what is written on the thing the man gives the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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," who does Lola call when her husband collapses, and why?

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

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