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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one reason the narrator finds it odd her parents chose to live in the old farmhouse?
(a) It was far from their family.
(b) It was too big for their small family.
(c) It was in the same town the disaster happened.
(d) It was run down.

3. What are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?
(a) Journals or news clippings.
(b) Essays or awards.
(c) Sequined costumes or posters.
(d) Old clothes and old friends.

4. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?
(a) She acts as though her daughter is not there.
(b) She barely moves so as not to disturb anything.
(c) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.
(d) She is quite clumsy.

5. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what family member was Harold buried?

2. What is the narrator's mother's name?

3. Where is Anna's first child buried?

4. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?

5. How is Anna's heartbeat described as the narrator heard it while they fell through the air on the night of the fire?

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