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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say she used to live in paragraph 4?
(a) The South.
(b) The West.
(c) The Far East.
(d) The North.

2. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) Dozens.
(d) 3.

3. What is something the narrator says happens when she is in her room and gets a "whiff of smoke from the stove downstairs" (para.2)?
(a) She panics and cannot breath.
(b) She knows her mother must be cooking something special.
(c) She scurries to make sure her mother is okay.
(d) The stitches burn beneath her fingers.

4. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?
(a) 12.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

5. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She has dementia.
(c) She is paralyzed.
(d) She is deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Anna's first child buried?

2. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?

3. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?

4. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?

5. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?

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