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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?
(a) He has died.
(b) He lives with them.
(c) He was unkind.
(d) They had a falling out.

2. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?
(a) A sequined costume.
(b) A replica tent pole.
(c) A statue of trapeze artists.
(d) A feather boa.

3. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like two peas in a pod.
(b) Like two doves in love.
(c) Like two sparkling birds.
(d) Like dragonflies in the night.

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

5. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?
(a) The Fluttering Angels.
(b) The Fledgling Abyssinians.
(c) The Floating Avatars.
(d) The Flying Avalons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?

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

3. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

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

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

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