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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 name of the narrator's mother's act?
(a) The Fluttering Angels.
(b) The Fledgling Abyssinians.
(c) The Floating Avatars.
(d) The Flying Avalons.

2. What did the narrator realize once her mother was in her bedroom on the night of the fire?
(a) Her mother was drunk.
(b) The smoke had subsided.
(c) She had on only underclothes.
(d) There was no way they could get out.

3. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like two doves in love.
(b) Like dragonflies in the night.
(c) Like two peas in a pod.
(d) Like two sparkling birds.

4. How many people died during the disaster?
(a) 1.
(b) 18.
(c) 3.
(d) 60.

5. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) The ringleader.
(c) The Avalons.
(d) Her neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anna and her daughter escape the house fire?

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

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

4. Where had the narrator's mother taught her to dive off a board?

5. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?

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