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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 happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?
(a) She miscarried.
(b) It was stillborn.
(c) She was born premature.
(d) He was born and Anna named him Harold.

2. What did Anna direct one of the volunteers to do on the night of the house fire?
(a) Lean the broken ladder against the tree trunk.
(b) Go in the house and save her daughter.
(c) Run for more help.
(d) Get out of her way.

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

4. What did the narrator do during the house fire once she felt the door was too hot?
(a) She put a rug under the crack.
(b) She wrapped a shirt around the knob to open it.
(c) She kicked it open.
(d) She screamed for help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does the narrator believe woke her up during the fire?

2. What did the narrator's mother know as soon as she came upon the house during the fire?

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

4. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?

5. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?

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