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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was Harold Avalon buried?
(a) In the cemetery near their house.
(b) In the circus cemetery.
(c) In the family plot in the backyard.
(d) He was cremated.

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

6. 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) In Canada.
(d) At university.

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

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

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

10. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?
(a) Rehabilitation.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Confinement.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?

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

4. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?

5. Where is Anna's first child buried?

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