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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She paints.
(b) She sews.
(c) She talks on the phone.
(d) She reads.

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

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

4. In paragraph 6, what does the narrator say her mother is able to live comfortably in?
(a) Their farmhouse.
(b) Extreme elements.
(c) The spotlight.
(d) Extreme poverty.

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

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 does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?

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

4. What happened during Harold and Anna's act just before they were able to clasp hands in midair?

5. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

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