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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) In combat.
(d) At university.

2. 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 look at old photographs.
(c) Not being able to see her grandchildren.
(d) Not being able to clean her own house.

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

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

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

6. 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) Africa, Australia, China, and Japan.
(d) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?
(a) It gets closer.
(b) It gets larger.
(c) It gets further away.
(d) It gets smaller.

13. Where is Anna's first child buried?
(a) In the backyard plot.
(b) She was cremated.
(c) In a cemetery near their house in New Hampshire.
(d) In the circus cemetery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?

4. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?

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

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