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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "None of That," what does the mother tell the daughter she feels about the house?
(a) It makes her so sad she just wants to die.
(b) It does not make her feel like anything.
(c) It makes her angry.
(d) It makes her happy.

2. In "None of That," who follows the mother and daughter home from the stranger's house?
(a) The man.
(b) The police.
(c) The ambulance.
(d) The woman.

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the woman from the rotisserie once tell Lola?
(a) The neighborhood was going to hell.
(b) She needed to go to church more often.
(c) It is not good to worry and she had to try to be more optimistic.
(d) She would like pork if she tried it.

4. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Mr. Weimer tell the narrator at his son's wake?
(a) He does not miss his son.
(b) He knows who has been knocking his trash cans down.
(c) He feels nothing.
(d) He is divorcing his wife.

5. In "My Parents and My Children," what are the police fixated on when the children are reported missing?
(a) They are naked.
(b) They have communication challenges.
(c) They are older children.
(d) They are sick.

6. In "None of That," what does the daughter tell herself when she drives her mother home from the stranger's house?
(a) To lie.
(b) To calm down.
(c) To make dinner.
(d) To sing.

7. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Marga realize the children do not have before they are found?
(a) Their books.
(b) Their clothes.
(c) Their food.
(d) Their medicine.

8. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola's husband let the boy next door borrow?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A wrench.
(c) A saw.
(d) A level.

9. In "Breath From the Depths," what sound does Lola make sometimes when she breathes?
(a) Growl.
(b) Whisp.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Whistle.

10. In "None of That," what does the mother do in the bedroom while alone that the daughter notices?
(a) Try on jewelry.
(b) Make the bed.
(c) Try on clothes.
(d) Run a bath.

11. Who is the narrator in "My Parents and My Children"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Marga.
(c) Charly.
(d) Javier.

12. In "My Parents and My Children," what are the names of the children?
(a) Lina and Helen.
(b) Simon and Lina.
(c) Helen and Henry.
(d) Henry and Richard.

13. In "None of That," when does the daughter finally tell her mother they definitely have to leave the stranger's house?
(a) When the boy gets sick.
(b) When the father comes home.
(c) When the police are called.
(d) When the daughter throws up.

14. In "None of That," what does the narrator's father leave for the mother and daughter when he leaves the family?
(a) His shoes.
(b) The car key.
(c) His clothes.
(d) The birdfeeder.

15. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola see one night in the yard?
(a) A stabbing.
(b) A dog being hit by a car.
(c) Someone's silhouette against a tree outside.
(d) A shooting.

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 does Lola feel when the boy comes to return the thing he borrowed from her husband?

3. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator offer Mr. Weimer?

4. In "None of That," what does the mother like to look at?

5. In "None of That," what does the mother steal from the strangers' house?

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