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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 "Two Square Feet," what does the "two feet" pertain to?

2. In "Two Square Feet," why does the narrator say she wastes time?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola keep hearing replayed in her mind from her husband's death?

4. In "Two Square Feet," what does the old man who climbs up into the narrator's seat smell like?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," shortly after her husband dies, who desperately asks to be let into Lola's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "An Unlucky Man," what happens the day the narrator turns eight?

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

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

5. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Susana say she blames Lola for her son's death?

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

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

8. In "An Unlucky Man," who does the narrator meet in the hospital waiting room?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In "An Unlucky Man," how does Schweblin describe the narrator's willingness to put herself in such a potentially dangerous situation with the unnamed man, as well as the unnamed man's intentions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the language and tone Schweblin uses throughout this collection.

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