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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 sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She sews.
(b) She paints.
(c) She talks on the phone.
(d) She reads.

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

3. Why did Anna and her second husband move to an old farmhouse after they married?
(a) He had inherited it.
(b) Anna's first husband built it.
(c) They had both always dreamed of sign in an old farmhouse.
(d) Anna had inherited it.

4. 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.

5. How is Anna's tap on her daughter's window described in paragraph 24?
(a) Thunderous.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Melodic.
(d) Friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened during Harold and Anna's act just before they were able to clasp hands in midair?

2. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?

3. What did the narrator notice the moment she woke up during the fire?

4. What does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?

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

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