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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 "two feet" pertain to?
(a) How long a dog is.
(b) The height of a child.
(c) The size of a garden.
(d) The amount of space on a bus seat.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola hate using of her husband's when she cannot find her own?
(a) His razor.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His old comb.
(d) His dentures.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola ask her neighbor if she think someone might be giving to her son?
(a) A gun.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Chocolate milk.
(d) Money.

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola tell Susana she can not lend her after all, towards the end of the story?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Food.
(c) Tools.
(d) Clothes.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola's husband sometimes use as a paperweight?
(a) A Magic 8 Ball.
(b) A bank.
(c) A small ceramic Greek bust.
(d) A teapot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola check to see if everything is in order after the boy has been there?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola call to call the ambulance for her husband?

3. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator worry about people have seen on the way to the hospital?

4. In "Two Square Feet," how much money does the mother-in-law get at the pawn shop for her item?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what do Lola and her husband agree her husband can not do without telling her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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