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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 was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Ballerina.
(b) Fire breather.
(c) Trapeze artist.
(d) Ringleader.

2. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?
(a) The Fluttering Angels.
(b) The Flying Avalons.
(c) The Fledgling Abyssinians.
(d) The Floating Avatars.

3. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She paints.
(b) She talks on the phone.
(c) She reads.
(d) She sews.

4. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?
(a) New York.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Paris.

5. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?
(a) As an unfinished version of herself.
(b) As a ghost.
(c) As a better version of herself.
(d) As a separate person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what family member was Harold buried?

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

3. What did the narrator's mother know as soon as she came upon the house during the fire?

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

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

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