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

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

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

4. 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 closer.
(c) It gets smaller.
(d) It gets larger.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?

3. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?

4. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?

5. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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