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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 phrase is used to describe the narrator's mother's movements in paragraph 2?
(a) Graceless fumbling.
(b) Stealthlike manner.
(c) Like a bull in a china shop.
(d) Catlike precision.

2. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She paints.
(b) She reads.
(c) She talks on the phone.
(d) She sews.

3. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Boston and L.A.
(b) Chicago and L.A.
(c) Boston and New York.
(d) Cincinatti and New York.

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) A blizzard forced everyone to run for shelter.
(c) A strong wind blew the tent away.
(d) Lightning struck the main tent pole.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?

4. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?

5. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?

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