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

2. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?
(a) A blizzard.
(b) A gale.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A tsunami.

3. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?
(a) A feather boa.
(b) A sequined costume.
(c) A replica tent pole.
(d) A statue of trapeze artists.

4. 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 sparkling birds.
(b) Like dragonflies in the night.
(c) Like two peas in a pod.
(d) Like two doves in love.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?

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

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

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

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