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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 did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?
(a) He cracked his whip and pointed to the ceiling.
(b) He gave a little background on their love story.
(c) He announced Anna and Harold to the crowd.
(d) He blew a horn and jumped up and down.

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

3. What phrase is used to describe the narrator's mother's movements in paragraph 2?
(a) Catlike precision.
(b) Like a bull in a china shop.
(c) Graceless fumbling.
(d) Stealthlike manner.

4. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?
(a) It is shaped like a heart.
(b) It is shaped like a trapeze swinger.
(c) It is shaped like a baby girl.
(d) It is shaped like a lamb at rest.

5. What happened during Harold and Anna's act just before they were able to clasp hands in midair?
(a) Anna went into labor.
(b) Lightning struck the main tent pole.
(c) A strong wind blew the tent away.
(d) A blizzard forced everyone to run for shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?

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

3. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?

4. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?

5. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?

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