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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 16 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people died during the disaster?
(a) 1.
(b) 60.
(c) 3.
(d) 18.

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

3. How old does the narrator believe the tree was that caught flames near the house?
(a) 25 years old.
(b) 100 years old.
(c) 50 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

4. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?
(a) Play chess.
(b) Read.
(c) Walk again.
(d) Speak Spanish.

5. What was Anna doing when she landed on the gutter of the house near her daughter's window?
(a) Crying.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Shivering.
(d) Banging on the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

2. Where in the house did the fire start?

3. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?

4. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?

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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