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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Anna and her second husband move to an old farmhouse after they married?
(a) He had inherited it.
(b) Anna had inherited it.
(c) Anna's first husband built it.
(d) They had both always dreamed of sign in an old farmhouse.

2. How is Anna's heartbeat described as the narrator heard it while they fell through the air on the night of the fire?
(a) Loud as thunder, long as the roll of drums.
(b) Soft and melodic.
(c) Fast as lighting, deep as a baritone.
(d) Loud as a raging storm.

3. What was the suspected cause of the house fire?
(a) A gas leak.
(b) Candles.
(c) An unextinguished cigarette.
(d) Rekindled standing ash.

4. What does the narrator say we hang onto dearly once we have it?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) A home.
(d) Life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?

2. Where was Harold Avalon buried?

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

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

5. Where in the house did the fire start?

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