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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 say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?
(a) She met her first husband.
(b) She saved her daughter's life.
(c) She saved herself.
(d) She was born.

2. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?
(a) To take her for walks.
(b) To clean the house.
(c) To read to her.
(d) To cook for her.

3. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?
(a) His wedding ring.
(b) His blindfold.
(c) A card trick.
(d) Anna's smear of lipstick near his mouth.

4. What does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?
(a) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.
(b) I'm going to sue the tent company.
(c) Anna is with child.
(d) I don't want to die.

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

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. What happened during Harold and Anna's act just before they were able to clasp hands in midair?

3. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

4. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?

5. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?

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