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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?
(a) Not being able to see her grandchildren.
(b) Not being able to read.
(c) Not being able to clean her own house.
(d) Not being able to look at old photographs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?

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)?

3. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?

4. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?

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

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