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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1 - 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Laugh and flirt.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Fumble and fall.
(d) Yell and argue.

3. What is the narrator's mother's name?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Alice.
(c) Abbeth.
(d) Anna.

4. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?
(a) A card trick.
(b) His wedding ring.
(c) Anna's smear of lipstick near his mouth.
(d) His blindfold.

5. What does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?
(a) Anna is with child.
(b) I'm going to sue the tent company.
(c) I don't want to die.
(d) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?

3. Who was the other half of her mother's act?

4. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

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

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