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

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. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?
(a) At the circus.
(b) At the library.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At the town pool.

3. 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) I don't want to die.
(b) Anna is with child.
(c) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.
(d) I'm going to sue the tent company.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?

3. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?

4. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

5. What is the narrator's mother's name?

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