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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 point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?
(a) She is quite clumsy.
(b) She acts as though her daughter is not there.
(c) She barely moves so as not to disturb anything.
(d) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.

2. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?
(a) To clean the house.
(b) To take her for walks.
(c) To read to her.
(d) To cook for her.

3. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?
(a) Africa, Australia, China, and Japan.
(b) Egypt, Hawaii, Moscow and Berlin.
(c) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.
(d) Portugal, Morocco, London, and Thailand.

4. Near what family member was Harold buried?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

5. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?
(a) Popcorn and peanuts.
(b) Hot dogs and chips.
(c) Hamburgers and French fries.
(d) Ice cream and candy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?

3. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

4. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?

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

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