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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 did the narrator's mother and father meet?
(a) At the circus.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At the town pool.
(d) At the library.

2. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?
(a) To cook for her.
(b) To clean the house.
(c) To read to her.
(d) To take her for walks.

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

4. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?
(a) It is shaped like a baby girl.
(b) It is shaped like a trapeze swinger.
(c) It is shaped like a lamb at rest.
(d) It is shaped like a heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?

2. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?

3. What is the narrator's mother's name?

4. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?

5. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?

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