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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?

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

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

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

5. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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