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

2. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Ringleader.
(b) Ballerina.
(c) Trapeze artist.
(d) Fire breather.

3. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?
(a) Cramming for tests and getting good grades.
(b) School dances and young love.
(c) Devouring books and writing poetry.
(d) Double somersaults and heart-stopping catches.

4. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?
(a) A nearby brook.
(b) Her school playground.
(c) Her sister's grave.
(d) Her grandmother's garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's mother's name?

2. What is the first thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?

3. Near what family member was Harold buried?

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

5. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

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