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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 "An Unlucky Man," who helps the family get to the hospital fast?
(a) The police.
(b) The friends.
(c) An ambulance.
(d) The neighbor.

2. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola call to call the ambulance for her husband?
(a) Her landlord.
(b) The butcher.
(c) The rotisserie woman.
(d) The baker.

3. In "Two Square Feet," where did the narrator and her husband recently live?
(a) Finland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Spain.

4. In "Two Square Feet," what did the boxes the narrator and her husband used to pack up their apartment originally contain?
(a) Glass.
(b) Mendoza wine.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Clothes.

5. In "Breath From the Depths," where does Lola check to see if everything is in order after the boy has been there?
(a) Her flower bed.
(b) Her sidewalk.
(c) Her garage.
(d) Her kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Two Square Feet," who was in charge of the mother-in-law's house for a time?

2. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the man offer to get for the narrator?

3. In "An Unlucky Man," where does the man take the narrator after leaving the hospital?

4. In "Two Square Feet," how does the mother-in-law ask God for things she wants?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," why does Susana tell Lola she blames her - partially - for her son's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Breath From the Depths," what "strange" question does Lola ask Susana about her son?

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

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

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

8. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola call when her husband collapses, and why?

9. In "An Unlucky Man," what does the narrator think about her younger sister?

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

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