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

2. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?
(a) She was badly injured.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She was blind.
(d) She was Harold's wife.

3. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Maine.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Rhode Island.

4. What happened during Harold and Anna's act just before they were able to clasp hands in midair?
(a) Anna went into labor.
(b) Lightning struck the main tent pole.
(c) A strong wind blew the tent away.
(d) A blizzard forced everyone to run for shelter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?

2. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?

3. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?

4. In paragraph 6, what does the narrator say her mother is able to live comfortably in?

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

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