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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?
(a) She met her first husband.
(b) She saved herself.
(c) She was born.
(d) She saved her daughter's life.

2. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?
(a) Double somersaults and heart-stopping catches.
(b) School dances and young love.
(c) Devouring books and writing poetry.
(d) Cramming for tests and getting good grades.

3. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?
(a) A hat.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A book.

4. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?
(a) She grabbed onto the tent just as it went up in flames.
(b) Her handle bars were struck by lightning.
(c) Her blind fold was on fire when she removed it.
(d) She grabbed onto a metal wire that was hot from the lighting.

5. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?
(a) It was stillborn.
(b) He was born and Anna named him Harold.
(c) She was born premature.
(d) She miscarried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?

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

3. 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)?

4. Where does the narrator say she used to live in paragraph 4?

5. What is the first thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?

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