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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second thing the narrator says she owes her existence to?
(a) Harold.
(b) The gale that caused the disaster.
(c) The war and the Air Force base.
(d) Her parents and the hospital where they met.

2. How did Anna and her daughter escape the house fire?
(a) They ran down the stairs and out the front door.
(b) They jumped out the window into a fire fighter's net.
(c) They climbed down the tree.
(d) They climbed down the fire escape.

3. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?
(a) In Canada.
(b) In combat.
(c) At university.
(d) At an air force training grounds.

4. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?
(a) His brothers.
(b) Anna.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Harold's parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?

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

3. What is one reason the narrator finds it odd her parents chose to live in the old farmhouse?

4. What did the narrator's mother know as soon as she came upon the house during the fire?

5. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?

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