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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what often comes to the narrator as she washes the dishes?

2. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the son say about the Weimers?

3. In "Breath From the Depths," where does the boy next door go to return the thing he borrowed from Lola's husband?

4. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola not like her husband meeting with regularly?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," who does Lola live with?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what does the narrator feel obligated to say to Mr. Weimer towards the story's end?

2. What does the mother in "None of That" do once she is in the stranger's house?

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

4. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," who lives with the narrator?

5. In "Breath From the Depths," what unsettles Lola greatly about their neighborhood?

6. In "It Happens All the Time in This House," what has happened to Mr. Weimer's son?

7. 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?

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

9. In "Breath From the Depths," what is the list part of for Lola?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "An Unlucky Man," how does Schweblin depict the relationship between the narrator and her family? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In "None of That," how does Schweblin handle the topics of class and inequality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In "It Happens All the Time in This House," how and why does the narrator's attitude towards Mr. Weimer change over the course of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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