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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 16 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.
(b) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(c) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion
(d) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.

2. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?
(a) A card trick.
(b) His blindfold.
(c) Anna's smear of lipstick near his mouth.
(d) His wedding ring.

3. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?
(a) Popcorn and peanuts.
(b) Hot dogs and chips.
(c) Ice cream and candy.
(d) Hamburgers and French fries.

5. How is Anna's tap on her daughter's window described in paragraph 24?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Thunderous.
(d) Melodic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

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

3. What did the narrator recall once she woke up in the midst of the house fire?

4. How did Anna and her daughter escape the house fire?

5. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

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