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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 are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?
(a) Essays or awards.
(b) Journals or news clippings.
(c) Old clothes and old friends.
(d) Sequined costumes or posters.

2. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like two doves in love.
(b) Like two peas in a pod.
(c) Like two sparkling birds.
(d) Like dragonflies in the night.

3. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?
(a) He blew a horn and jumped up and down.
(b) He gave a little background on their love story.
(c) He announced Anna and Harold to the crowd.
(d) He cracked his whip and pointed to the ceiling.

4. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?
(a) She found out her husband died.
(b) She hemmorhaged.
(c) She miscarried.
(d) She lost her vision.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?

3. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?

4. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?

5. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?

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