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

2. In "My Parents and My Children," what does Javier realize has always been the way in his family?
(a) They had always spent money too freely.
(b) It had few things, but they were well-organized.
(c) They were always happy.
(d) They were always angry.

3. In "None of That," where does the mother lock herself once inside the strangers' house?
(a) A bathroom.
(b) The pantry.
(c) The basement.
(d) A bedroom.

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

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what is one type of flower Lola has that she checks on in her yard?
(a) Snowdrops.
(b) Azaleas.
(c) Roses.
(d) Tulips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Javier finally see his parents and children at the end of the story?

2. In "None of That," what does the mother ask the woman who owns the house for?

3. In "None of That," what does the mother do in the bedroom while alone that the daughter notices?

4. In "None of That," who comes out of the house that the narrator and her mother get stuck at first?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola feel when the boy comes to return the thing he borrowed from her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What do Javier's parents do that is unusual in "My Parents and My Children"?

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

4. In the end of "My Parents and My Children," where does Javier see his parents and children?

5. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does Schweblin insinuate is the reason the narrator's husband left?

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

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. What does Mr. Weimer often do in "It Happens All the Time in This House"?

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

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

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