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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator's mother once tell her one would be amazed by?
(a) How many things a mother can do.
(b) How many things you can do when falling.
(c) How scared she was each time she performed.
(d) How much money a trapeze artist makes.

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

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

4. 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 miscarried.
(c) She hemmorhaged.
(d) She lost her vision.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people died during the disaster?

2. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

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

4. What is the first thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the narrator's father teach Anna? What did she do for him in exchange?

2. What did the narrator's mother once tell her she would be amazed by? Where does the narrator think she may have told her this and why?

3. What was Anna's history with the Avalons?

4. What injuries did Anna suffer on the day of the disaster? What happened when she was in the hospital?

5. How did Anna and the narrator's father meet? What had he done prior to this meeting?

6. What quick actions did Anna muster in the first moment of the disaster during her performance?

7. Describe the narrator's sister's gravestone.

8. How did the narrator think of her sister when she was young and why?

9. Why does the narrator return to her childhood home to live with her mother after her father passes?

10. Where was Harold buried? Where was Anna and Harold's child buried?

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