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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 read.
(c) Not being able to clean her own house.
(d) Not being able to see her grandchildren.

2. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?
(a) She found out her husband died.
(b) She hemmorhaged.
(c) She miscarried.
(d) She lost her vision.

3. What is the second thing the narrator says she owes her existence to?
(a) The gale that caused the disaster.
(b) Her parents and the hospital where they met.
(c) Harold.
(d) The war and the Air Force base.

4. In paragraph 6, what does the narrator say her mother is able to live comfortably in?
(a) Their farmhouse.
(b) Extreme poverty.
(c) The spotlight.
(d) Extreme elements.

5. What is the first thing Anna asks her husband to do the night of the house fire?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Help put out the fire.
(c) Unzip her dress.
(d) Go in the house and save their daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the other half of her mother's act?

2. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?

3. What does the narrator say we hang onto dearly once we have it?

4. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?

5. What are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?

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