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

2. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the man give to the narrator that she refuses?
(a) Money.
(b) A slip of paper.
(c) A stuffed animal.
(d) A hat.

3. In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator say she and her husband have lost?
(a) Love.
(b) Cats.
(c) Money.
(d) Dignity.

4. In "Two Square Feet," where did the narrator and her husband recently live?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Finland.
(d) Mexico.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Susana tell Lola about Lola herself?
(a) Lola can take care of herself.
(b) Lola is still young.
(c) Lola is sick.
(d) Lola needs to move out soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Two Square Feet," what currency does the narrator use to buy things?

2. In "Two Square Feet," why does the narrator listen to her mother-in-law?

3. In "Two Square Feet," where does the narrator currently live?

4. In "Two Square Feet," what does the mother-in-law do after she pawns a serious possession?

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 "Breath From the Depths," why is Lola frightened by the boy next door?

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

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

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

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 happens the day the narrator turns eight?

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

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

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

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

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