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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 Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Fumble and fall.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Laugh and flirt.
(d) Yell and argue.

2. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?
(a) Dozens.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

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

5. What did Anna gesture for her daughter to do once she was outside her window on the night of the fire?
(a) Unlatch the window and prop it open.
(b) Wrap herself in a blanket.
(c) Call for help.
(d) Run downstairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?

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

3. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?

4. In paragraph 18, the narrator says her father was "perpetually exhausted" from what?

5. How old was the narrator when her house caught on fire?

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