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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?
(a) Snow.
(b) Rain.
(c) Humidity.
(d) Sunshine.

2. What is the first thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?
(a) She tore off her blindfold.
(b) She screamed for help.
(c) She lost control and fell.
(d) She grasped his ankle.

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

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

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

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

7. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?
(a) Walk again.
(b) Speak Spanish.
(c) Read.
(d) Play chess.

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

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

10. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?
(a) It is shaped like a trapeze swinger.
(b) It is shaped like a lamb at rest.
(c) It is shaped like a heart.
(d) It is shaped like a baby girl.

11. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?
(a) To clean the house.
(b) To read to her.
(c) To cook for her.
(d) To take her for walks.

12. Near what family member was Harold buried?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His nephew.

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

14. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?
(a) He was born and Anna named him Harold.
(b) She was born premature.
(c) She miscarried.
(d) It was stillborn.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?

3. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?

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

5. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?

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