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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 Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?
(a) Speak Spanish.
(b) Walk again.
(c) Read.
(d) Play chess.

2. 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)?
(a) The stitches burn beneath her fingers.
(b) She knows her mother must be cooking something special.
(c) She scurries to make sure her mother is okay.
(d) She panics and cannot breath.

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

4. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?
(a) In Canada.
(b) In combat.
(c) At an air force training grounds.
(d) At university.

5. What is the narrator's father's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Trapeze artist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?

2. Where had the narrator's mother taught her to dive off a board?

3. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?

4. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?

5. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?

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