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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," how does the mother-in-law ask God for things she wants?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," after Lola's husband dies, what are the only things left in the garden?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Susana tell Lola about Lola herself?

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the man warn the narrator not to do with him?

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. What does one of Lola's notes to herself about her neighbor on her list say in In "Breath From the Depths"?

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 pantry object does Lola fixate on, and why?

4. In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator find she has in common with her mother-in-law?

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

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 reader eventually begin to understand more clearly about Lola as the story goes on?

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

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

10. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Susana, Lola's neighbor, tell Lola she is worried about her own son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Breath From the Depths," how does Schweblin depict the grief of losing a child through both the characters of Lola and Susana? 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 depict the relationship between the narrator and her family? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In "Out," what does Schweblin reveal - and decide not to reveal - about the narrator's relationship with her spouse, and how do these choices affect the reader's understanding of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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