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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 sound does the narrator believe woke her up during the fire?
(a) The ladder breaking.
(b) The fire sirens.
(c) The telephone ringing.
(d) Her mother screaming.

2. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Rain.
(c) Humidity.
(d) Snow.

3. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?
(a) He gave a little background on their love story.
(b) He blew a horn and jumped up and down.
(c) He cracked his whip and pointed to the ceiling.
(d) He announced Anna and Harold to the crowd.

4. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.
(b) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion
(c) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(d) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.

5. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?
(a) It gets closer.
(b) It gets further away.
(c) It gets larger.
(d) It gets smaller.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?

3. Who was at the scene when Anna and her husband arrived the night of the house fire?

4. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?

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

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