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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 did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?
(a) He gave a little background on their love story.
(b) He cracked his whip and pointed to the ceiling.
(c) He announced Anna and Harold to the crowd.
(d) He blew a horn and jumped up and down.

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

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

4. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?
(a) A tsunami.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A gale.
(d) A blizzard.

5. What did the narrator's mother once tell her one would be amazed by?
(a) How many things you can do when falling.
(b) How many things a mother can do.
(c) How scared she was each time she performed.
(d) How much money a trapeze artist makes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what family member was Harold buried?

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

3. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?

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

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

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