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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 detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?
(a) She was Harold's wife.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She was badly injured.
(d) She was blind.

2. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?
(a) Her handle bars were struck by lightning.
(b) She grabbed onto a metal wire that was hot from the lighting.
(c) She grabbed onto the tent just as it went up in flames.
(d) Her blind fold was on fire when she removed it.

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

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

5. In paragraph 18, the narrator says her father was "perpetually exhausted" from what?
(a) Taking care of a new baby.
(b) Staying up all night reading.
(c) Being on-call during night hours.
(d) Drinking late into the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the suspected cause of the house fire?

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

3. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?

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

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

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