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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 is the first thing Anna asks her husband to do the night of the house fire?
(a) Unzip her dress.
(b) Help put out the fire.
(c) Go in the house and save their daughter.
(d) Call the police.

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

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

4. Who was at the scene when Anna and her husband arrived the night of the house fire?
(a) Town volunteers.
(b) The babysitter's parents.
(c) Police officers.
(d) The fire department.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the suspected cause of the house fire?

2. Where in the house did the fire start?

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

4. What did Anna direct one of the volunteers to do on the night of the house fire?

5. What phrase is used to describe the narrator's mother's movements in paragraph 2?

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