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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 16 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?
(a) She is quite clumsy.
(b) She barely moves so as not to disturb anything.
(c) She acts as though her daughter is not there.
(d) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.

2. What was Anna doing when she landed on the gutter of the house near her daughter's window?
(a) Crying.
(b) Banging on the window.
(c) Shivering.
(d) Smiling.

3. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.
(b) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(c) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.
(d) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

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

3. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?

4. Why did Anna and her second husband move to an old farmhouse after they married?

5. Who was in the house with the narrator when the fire started?

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