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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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 grasped his ankle.
(d) She changed direction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?

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

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

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