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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 does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?
(a) She miscarried.
(b) She lost her vision.
(c) She found out her husband died.
(d) She hemmorhaged.

2. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Hampshire.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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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