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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Boston and New York.
(b) Boston and L.A.
(c) Chicago and L.A.
(d) Cincinatti and New York.

2. What had happened to the extension ladder during the fire?
(a) It caught on fire.
(b) Somebody stole it.
(c) It broke in half.
(d) They could not extend it.

3. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Maine.

4. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like dragonflies in the night.
(b) Like two sparkling birds.
(c) Like two peas in a pod.
(d) Like two doves in love.

5. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?
(a) Change costumes.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Tell a joke.
(d) Embrace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Anna doing when she landed on the gutter of the house near her daughter's window?

2. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?

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

4. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?

5. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?

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