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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 do Lola and her husband agree her husband can not do without telling her?
(a) Buy lottery tickets.
(b) Fish.
(c) Buy alcohol.
(d) Leave the house.

2. In "Two Square Feet," why does the narrator listen to her mother-in-law?
(a) She loves her.
(b) She is tired.
(c) Her husband makes her.
(d) She has nothing better to do.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola check to see if everything is in order after the boy has been there?
(a) Her kitchen.
(b) Her garage.
(c) Her flower bed.
(d) Her sidewalk.

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

5. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Lola's husband place her in his bed and not hers after her visit to the neighbor?
(a) He thought it would be better if she were further from the window.
(b) He thought his sheets were cleaner.
(c) He thought it would be easier for the doctor to get to her.
(d) He thought she liked his bed better.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Two Square Feet," where did the narrator and her husband recently live?

2. In "Two Square Feet," who was in charge of the mother-in-law's house for a time?

3. In "Two Square Feet," what did the boxes the narrator and her husband used to pack up their apartment originally contain?

4. In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator think she needs to get back that is still in storage?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola think the boy next door is doing to get her husband's attention?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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