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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) Embrace.
(b) Change costumes.
(c) Tell a joke.
(d) Kiss.

2. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Boston and New York.
(b) Boston and L.A.
(c) Chicago and L.A.
(d) Cincinatti and New York.

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

4. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Maine.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Vermont.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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 did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?

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