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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Ballerina.
(b) Ringleader.
(c) Fire breather.
(d) Trapeze artist.

2. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?
(a) Cramming for tests and getting good grades.
(b) Double somersaults and heart-stopping catches.
(c) Devouring books and writing poetry.
(d) School dances and young love.

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

4. 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) I don't want to die.
(b) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.
(c) I'm going to sue the tent company.
(d) Anna is with child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

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

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

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

5. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?

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