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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?
(a) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.
(b) She barely moves so as not to disturb anything.
(c) She is quite clumsy.
(d) She acts as though her daughter is not there.

3. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?
(a) Harold's parents.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Anna.
(d) His brothers.

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

5. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.
(b) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(c) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion
(d) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?

2. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?

3. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?

4. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?

5. Where had the narrator's mother taught her to dive off a board?

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