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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 16 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound does the narrator believe woke her up during the fire?
(a) The ladder breaking.
(b) The telephone ringing.
(c) Her mother screaming.
(d) The fire sirens.

2. What did the narrator's mother know as soon as she came upon the house during the fire?
(a) The baby-sitter started the fire.
(b) Her daughter was dead.
(c) There was no way to rescue her daughter.
(d) The fire was her fault.

3. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Yell and argue.
(b) Fumble and fall.
(c) Sing and dance.
(d) Laugh and flirt.

4. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?
(a) Her grandmother's garden.
(b) A nearby brook.
(c) Her school playground.
(d) Her sister's grave.

5. What did Anna gesture for her daughter to do once she was outside her window on the night of the fire?
(a) Run downstairs.
(b) Unlatch the window and prop it open.
(c) Wrap herself in a blanket.
(d) Call for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the narrator when her house caught on fire?

2. Where is Anna's first child buried?

3. What creature does the narrator say would have had trouble jumping from the thin tree branch to the house on the night of the fire?

4. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

5. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?

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