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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 once made Lola nervous seeing all of it in the fridge?
2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator offer Mr. Weimer?
3. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola live with?
4. In "None of That," who or what is supposed to be coming to help the mother after she gets stuck on the lawn?
5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola tell her husband someone in the house has to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Breath From the Depths," what is the list part of for Lola?
2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola remember as a humiliating experience that at this point in the story, the reader does not know details of?
3. What does the mother in "None of That" do once she is in the stranger's house?
4. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier think of Charly?
5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator eventually find some kind of kinship with Mr. Weimer over?
6. What does the narrator tell the woman who has come looking for what the mother stole in "None of That"?
7. Why is Marga so worried about the kids in "My Parents and My Children"?
8. In "Breath From the Depths," what unsettles Lola greatly about their neighborhood?
9. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Schweblin insinuate is the reason the narrator's husband left?
10. In "Breath From the Depths," what sections of the newspaper does Lola usually read?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "Breath From the Depths," why is Lola so upset that her husband is likely seeing the boy from next door regularly? 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," how does Schweblin establish and maintain suspense throughout the story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions .
Essay Topic 3
In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator have in common with her mother-in-law, and how does Schweblin get this across to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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