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

2. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Sing and dance.
(b) Laugh and flirt.
(c) Fumble and fall.
(d) Yell and argue.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

4. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?

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

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