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

2. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Chicago and L.A.
(b) Boston and L.A.
(c) Boston and New York.
(d) Cincinatti and New York.

3. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She is paralyzed.
(c) She has dementia.
(d) She is deaf.

4. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Confinement.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Rehabilitation.

5. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?
(a) She grabbed onto a metal wire that was hot from the lighting.
(b) Her blind fold was on fire when she removed it.
(c) Her handle bars were struck by lightning.
(d) She grabbed onto the tent just as it went up in flames.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people died during the disaster?

2. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?

3. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?

4. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

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

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