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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 read to her.
(c) To take her for walks.
(d) To cook for her.

2. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Yell and argue.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Laugh and flirt.
(d) Fumble and fall.

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

4. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?
(a) She was blind.
(b) She was Harold's wife.
(c) She was badly injured.
(d) She was pregnant.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?

2. Where is Anna's first child buried?

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

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

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

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