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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 "It Happens All the Time in This House," who has Mr. Weimer lost?

2. In "None of That," when does the daughter finally tell her mother they definitely have to leave the stranger's house?

3. In "None of That," what does the mother say about being stuck?

4. In "None of That," what does the woman who owns the house ask the narrator's mother while the mother is still in the car?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what sound does Lola make sometimes when she breathes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say has happened to her father in the story "None of that"?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," who is Lola's main caregiver?

3. In "None of That," what does the daughter do to try to help her mother regarding the car?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what unsettles Lola greatly about their neighborhood?

5. Why is Marga so worried about the kids in "My Parents and My Children"?

6. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator feel obligated to say to Mr. Weimer towards the story's end?

7. What does the mother in "None of That" do once she is in the stranger's house?

8. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what has happened to Mr. Weimer's son?

9. 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?

10. Where do the narrator and her mother get stuck in "None of That"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 "None of That," how does Schweblin handle the topics of class and inequality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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