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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. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?
(a) Puppies.
(b) Colorful scarves.
(c) Blindfolds.
(d) Strobe lights.

3. What phrase is used to describe the narrator's mother's movements in paragraph 2?
(a) Stealthlike manner.
(b) Graceless fumbling.
(c) Like a bull in a china shop.
(d) Catlike precision.

4. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?
(a) Anna's smear of lipstick near his mouth.
(b) A card trick.
(c) His blindfold.
(d) His wedding ring.

5. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She has dementia.
(d) She is paralyzed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?

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

4. 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)?

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

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