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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Breath From the Depths," what was the weather the day of the supermarket incident?
2. In "Breath From the Depths," what part of the house is Lola's territory?
3. Where does Javier finally see his parents and children at the end of the story?
4. In "My Parents and My Children," what does the narrator think of Charly?
5. In "None of That," what does the mother steal from the strangers' house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do the narrator and her mother get stuck in "None of That"?
2. Who follows the narrator and her mother to their house, and what does this person want, in "None of That"?
3. What does the mother in "None of That" steal, and what does she do with it when she gets home?
4. What does the mother frequently do in "None of That"?
5. What does the narrator say has happened to her father in the story "None of that"?
6. What does Mr. Weimer often do in "It Happens All the Time in This House"?
7. What do Javier's parents do that is unusual in "My Parents and My Children"?
8. What does the narrator in "None of That" think her mother has been doing with her, the narrator's, time in this story?
9. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator wish her own son will do at the very end of the story?
10. In "None of That," what does the daughter do to try to help her mother regarding the car?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Schweblin depict Javier's feelings about his parents' actions, and the consequences of those actions, in the story "My Parents and My Children"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
In "Breath From the Depths," why is the cocoa so important to Lola, and what do you think it likely symbolizes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
In "Breath From the Depths," how does Schweblin depict Lola's descent into a worse mental state? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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