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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 is the second thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?
(a) She grasped his ankle.
(b) She tore off her blindfold.
(c) She yelled for help.
(d) She changed direction.

2. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She reads.
(b) She paints.
(c) She sews.
(d) She talks on the phone.

3. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Cincinatti and New York.
(b) Boston and New York.
(c) Chicago and L.A.
(d) Boston and L.A.

4. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?
(a) Portugal, Morocco, London, and Thailand.
(b) Africa, Australia, China, and Japan.
(c) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.
(d) Egypt, Hawaii, Moscow and Berlin.

5. What did the narrator notice the moment she woke up during the fire?
(a) The smell of smoke.
(b) The commotion outside.
(c) The baby-sitter was gone.
(d) Her door was in flames.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Harold Avalon buried?

2. What did the narrator do during the house fire once she felt the door was too hot?

3. What did Anna direct one of the volunteers to do on the night of the house fire?

4. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?

5. What did the narrator recall once she woke up in the midst of the house fire?

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