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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) Dozens.

2. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?
(a) He was unkind.
(b) He has died.
(c) They had a falling out.
(d) He lives with them.

3. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?
(a) Her neighbors.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) The ringleader.
(d) The Avalons.

4. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion
(b) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.
(c) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(d) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many people died during the disaster?

4. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?

5. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?

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