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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to paragraph 4, during what month did Anna experience her disaster?
(a) February.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) September.

2. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?
(a) Read.
(b) Play chess.
(c) Walk again.
(d) Speak Spanish.

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

4. What is the second thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?
(a) She grasped his ankle.
(b) She yelled for help.
(c) She changed direction.
(d) She tore off her blindfold.

5. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?
(a) Egypt, Hawaii, Moscow and Berlin.
(b) Portugal, Morocco, London, and Thailand.
(c) Africa, Australia, China, and Japan.
(d) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?

2. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?

3. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?

4. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?

5. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?

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