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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1 - 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her in-laws.
(d) Old newspapers.

2. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?
(a) She saved her daughter's life.
(b) She was born.
(c) She saved herself.
(d) She met her first husband.

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

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?
(a) Anna is with child.
(b) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.
(c) I don't want to die.
(d) I'm going to sue the tent company.

5. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?
(a) A replica tent pole.
(b) A sequined costume.
(c) A statue of trapeze artists.
(d) A feather boa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

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

3. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?

4. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?

5. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?

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