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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like two doves in love.
(b) Like dragonflies in the night.
(c) Like two peas in a pod.
(d) Like two sparkling birds.

4. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?
(a) She met her first husband.
(b) She saved herself.
(c) She saved her daughter's life.
(d) She was born.

5. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?
(a) As a separate person.
(b) As a better version of herself.
(c) As a ghost.
(d) As an unfinished version of herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?

2. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?

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

4. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?

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

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