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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 sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She talks on the phone.
(b) She paints.
(c) She sews.
(d) She reads.

2. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?
(a) By rain and men's jackets.
(b) The fire department.
(c) The ringleader and other performers used a fire extinguisher.
(d) Locals volunteers threw buckets of water on it.

3. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(b) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.
(c) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.
(d) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion

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

5. Who was the other half of her mother's act?
(a) Hank Allendale.
(b) Harold Avalon.
(c) Henry Allen.
(d) Herman Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?

2. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?

3. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

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

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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