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

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

3. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?
(a) He was born and Anna named him Harold.
(b) She miscarried.
(c) It was stillborn.
(d) She was born premature.

4. How many people died during the disaster?
(a) 60.
(b) 18.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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