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

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

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

4. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?
(a) The ringleader.
(b) The Avalons.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her neighbors.

5. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?
(a) Not being able to look at old photographs.
(b) Not being able to clean her own house.
(c) Not being able to see her grandchildren.
(d) Not being able to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?

2. Where is Anna's first child buried?

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

4. Where was Harold Avalon buried?

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 father teach Anna? What did she do for him in exchange?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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