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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?
(a) She found out her husband died.
(b) She lost her vision.
(c) She hemmorhaged.
(d) She miscarried.

3. Where had the narrator's mother taught her to dive off a board?
(a) The town pool.
(b) Their backyard pool.
(c) Her cousin's pool.
(d) The YMCA.

4. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?
(a) It gets smaller.
(b) It gets larger.
(c) It gets closer.
(d) It gets further away.

5. What is the narrator's father's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Trapeze artist.
(d) Doctor.

6. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?
(a) At the town pool.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At the circus.
(d) At the library.

7. How many people died during the disaster?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 60.
(d) 18.

8. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?
(a) The ringleader and other performers used a fire extinguisher.
(b) The fire department.
(c) Locals volunteers threw buckets of water on it.
(d) By rain and men's jackets.

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

10. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.
(b) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(c) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion
(d) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.

11. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?
(a) At an air force training grounds.
(b) In combat.
(c) At university.
(d) In Canada.

12. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?
(a) Her neighbors.
(b) The Avalons.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) The ringleader.

13. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?
(a) Anna.
(b) Harold's parents.
(c) His brothers.
(d) His uncle.

14. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A hat.
(d) A book.

15. Where is Anna's first child buried?
(a) In the circus cemetery.
(b) In the backyard plot.
(c) She was cremated.
(d) In a cemetery near their house in New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?

3. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?

4. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?

5. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?

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