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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 was the suspected cause of the house fire?
(a) Rekindled standing ash.
(b) An unextinguished cigarette.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) Candles.

2. What did the narrator think as her and her mother fell through the air on the night of the fire?
(a) She wondered where the babysitter went.
(b) She wondered what would happen if they missed the net.
(c) She wondered how the fire started.
(d) She wondered how her mother got to her room.

3. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?
(a) As an unfinished version of herself.
(b) As a better version of herself.
(c) As a separate person.
(d) As a ghost.

4. What did the narrator recall once she woke up in the midst of the house fire?
(a) Her second grade fire drill.
(b) To scream for help.
(c) A movie she saw about a house fire.
(d) How to call the police.

5. How did Anna get to her daughter's room on the night of the fire?
(a) She stood on her husband's shoulders.
(b) She climbed the tree.
(c) She ran to the front door.
(d) She launched herself up with a pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

2. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?

3. How is Anna's tap on her daughter's window described in paragraph 24?

4. What did the narrator's mother once tell her one would be amazed by?

5. Near what family member was Harold buried?

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