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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 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 lost her vision.
(d) She miscarried.

2. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?
(a) A feather boa.
(b) A sequined costume.
(c) A statue of trapeze artists.
(d) A replica tent pole.

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

4. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?
(a) Her in-laws.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Old newspapers.

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 acts as though her daughter is not there.
(c) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.
(d) She is quite clumsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?

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

3. 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)?

4. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?

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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