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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 does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?
(a) She was born.
(b) She met her first husband.
(c) She saved her daughter's life.
(d) She saved herself.

2. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?
(a) Her grandmother's garden.
(b) A nearby brook.
(c) Her sister's grave.
(d) Her school playground.

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

4. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She paints.
(b) She reads.
(c) She talks on the phone.
(d) She sews.

5. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?
(a) To clean the house.
(b) To read to her.
(c) To take her for walks.
(d) To cook for her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?

3. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?

4. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?

5. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?

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