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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "My Parents and My Children," where does Marga tell Charly to check for the missing people?
(a) The beach.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The forest.
(d) The car.

2. In "None of That," what does the mother often do with things she steals from others?
(a) Buries them in the backyard.
(b) Eats them.
(c) Sells them.
(d) Destroys them.

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

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?
(a) What the mother is doing in her yard.
(b) If she wants to die today.
(c) What her job is.
(d) Where her flowers are.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what part of the house is Lola's territory?
(a) The garage.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "None of That," what does the narrator say would be the straw that breaks the camel's back?

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

3. In "My Parents and My Children," what are the police fixated on when the children are reported missing?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola ask her husband to set up her chair?

5. In "My Parents and My Children," who is the narrator's ex-spouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the mother frequently do in "None of That"?

2. In "None of That," what is the woman whose lawn the narrator's mother has ruined mostly seemed concerned about at first?

3. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator wish her own son will do at the very end of the story?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola write to herself to "wrap"?

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

6. What does the mother in "None of That" steal, and what does she do with it when she gets home?

7. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator eventually find some kind of kinship with Mr. Weimer over?

8. In "Breath From the Depths," what sections of the newspaper does Lola usually read?

9. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola suspect her husband has been spending time with and how does she feel about this?

10. What does Mr. Weimer repeatedly collect from the narrator's lawn in "It Happens All the Time in This House"?

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