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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 add to her list at the end of the story?
(a) Remember to eat.
(b) Work hard till the end of your shift.
(c) Find him.
(d) If you don't remember, wait.

2. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator think of her sister?
(a) She is smart.
(b) She always has to be the center of attention.
(c) She is stupid.
(d) She is funny.

3. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the second personal thing the narrator tells the man?
(a) She is not wearing underwear.
(b) She has two sisters.
(c) She is nervous.
(d) She is an only child.

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator's sister drink?
(a) Soda.
(b) Juice.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Water.

5. In "Two Square Feet," what does the narrator say she and her husband have lost?
(a) Love.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Two Square Feet," why does the narrator listen to her mother-in-law?

2. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Lola lie to the authorities about after her husband dies?

3. In "An Unlucky Man," what is the first thing the person who sits next to the narrator says to her?

4. In "An Unlucky Man," what is written on the thing the man gives the narrator?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what happens at the end of Lola's first visit to her neighbor?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the boy next door once asks Lola desperately to do for him?

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

3. In "Breath From the Depths," what does the reader eventually begin to understand more clearly about Lola as the story goes on?

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

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

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

7. In "Breath From the Depths," what pantry object does Lola fixate on, and why?

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

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

10. In "Breath From the Depths," what does Susana finally tell Lola directly after Lola's husband dies?

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