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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 did the narrator realize once her mother was in her bedroom on the night of the fire?
(a) Her mother was drunk.
(b) She had on only underclothes.
(c) There was no way they could get out.
(d) The smoke had subsided.

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

3. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?
(a) He lives with them.
(b) They had a falling out.
(c) He has died.
(d) He was unkind.

4. What is something the narrator says happens when she is in her room and gets a "whiff of smoke from the stove downstairs" (para.2)?
(a) She knows her mother must be cooking something special.
(b) The stitches burn beneath her fingers.
(c) She panics and cannot breath.
(d) She scurries to make sure her mother is okay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the other half of her mother's act?

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

3. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?

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

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

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