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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?
(a) New York.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Paris.
2. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?
(a) Snow.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Rain.
(d) Humidity.
3. Where had the narrator's mother taught her to dive off a board?
(a) Her cousin's pool.
(b) The town pool.
(c) The YMCA.
(d) Their backyard pool.
4. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?
(a) In Canada.
(b) At university.
(c) At an air force training grounds.
(d) In combat.
5. 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 lost control and fell.
(c) She screamed for help.
(d) She tore off her blindfold.
6. Where was Harold Avalon buried?
(a) In the circus cemetery.
(b) In the cemetery near their house.
(c) He was cremated.
(d) In the family plot in the backyard.
7. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?
(a) As a better version of herself.
(b) As a ghost.
(c) As an unfinished version of herself.
(d) As a separate person.
8. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?
(a) Read.
(b) Speak Spanish.
(c) Walk again.
(d) Play chess.
9. 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.
10. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?
(a) Africa, Australia, China, and Japan.
(b) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.
(c) Portugal, Morocco, London, and Thailand.
(d) Egypt, Hawaii, Moscow and Berlin.
11. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?
(a) It is shaped like a heart.
(b) It is shaped like a baby girl.
(c) It is shaped like a lamb at rest.
(d) It is shaped like a trapeze swinger.
12. 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 grasped his ankle.
(c) She changed direction.
(d) She tore off her blindfold.
13. 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 hemmorhaged.
(b) She found out her husband died.
(c) She miscarried.
(d) She lost her vision.
14. Near what family member was Harold buried?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His nephew.
15. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A book.
(d) A hat.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?
2. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?
3. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
4. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?
5. What did the narrator's mother once tell her one would be amazed by?
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