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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Chicago and L.A.
(b) Cincinatti and New York.
(c) Boston and L.A.
(d) Boston and New York.

2. What is the narrator's mother's name?
(a) Alice.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Abbeth.
(d) Anna.

3. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?
(a) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.
(b) She barely moves so as not to disturb anything.
(c) She is quite clumsy.
(d) She acts as though her daughter is not there.

4. 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 peas in a pod.
(b) Like two doves in love.
(c) Like dragonflies in the night.
(d) Like two sparkling birds.

5. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Ballerina.
(b) Trapeze artist.
(c) Ringleader.
(d) Fire breather.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In paragraph 6, what does the narrator say her mother is able to live comfortably in?

5. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?

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