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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Tell a joke.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Change costumes.

4. What did Anna direct one of the volunteers to do on the night of the house fire?
(a) Get out of her way.
(b) Run for more help.
(c) Lean the broken ladder against the tree trunk.
(d) Go in the house and save her daughter.

5. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?
(a) Anna's smear of lipstick near his mouth.
(b) His blindfold.
(c) His wedding ring.
(d) A card trick.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What is the first thing Anna asks her husband to do the night of the house fire?

3. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?

4. What did the narrator recall once she woke up in the midst of the house fire?

5. What was the suspected cause of the house fire?

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