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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 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) Anna is with child.
(c) I don't want to die.
(d) I'm going to sue the tent company.

2. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?
(a) She was Harold's wife.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She was badly injured.
(d) She was blind.

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

4. According to paragraph 4, during what month did Anna experience her disaster?
(a) September.
(b) February.
(c) June.
(d) November.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?

2. What are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?

3. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?

4. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?

5. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?

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