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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 did the narrator do during the house fire once she felt the door was too hot?
(a) She put a rug under the crack.
(b) She wrapped a shirt around the knob to open it.
(c) She kicked it open.
(d) She screamed for help.

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

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

4. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Chicago and L.A.
(b) Boston and New York.
(c) Boston and L.A.
(d) Cincinatti and New York.

5. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?
(a) Rehabilitation.
(b) Confinement.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound made the narrator look out the window on the night of the house fire?

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

3. In paragraph 18, the narrator says her father was "perpetually exhausted" from what?

4. How is Anna's tap on her daughter's window described in paragraph 24?

5. What month did the house fire occur?

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