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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) Boston and New York.
(b) Cincinatti and New York.
(c) Boston and L.A.
(d) Chicago and L.A.

2. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Maine.
(d) Rhode Island.

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

4. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?
(a) Change costumes.
(b) Embrace.
(c) Tell a joke.
(d) Kiss.

5. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?
(a) School dances and young love.
(b) Double somersaults and heart-stopping catches.
(c) Cramming for tests and getting good grades.
(d) Devouring books and writing poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is something the narrator says happens when she is in her room and gets a "whiff of smoke from the stove downstairs" (para.2)?

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

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

4. What is the narrator's mother's name?

5. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?

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