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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?
(a) Not being able to look at old photographs.
(b) Not being able to clean her own house.
(c) Not being able to read.
(d) Not being able to see her grandchildren.

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

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

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) Egypt, Hawaii, Moscow and Berlin.
(c) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.
(d) Africa, Australia, China, and Japan.

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

6. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?
(a) Her grandmother's garden.
(b) Her sister's grave.
(c) A nearby brook.
(d) Her school playground.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people died during the disaster?

2. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?

3. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?

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

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

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