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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In paragraph 18, the narrator says her father was "perpetually exhausted" from what?
(a) Being on-call during night hours.
(b) Drinking late into the night.
(c) Staying up all night reading.
(d) Taking care of a new baby.

2. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

3. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Trapeze artist.
(b) Ringleader.
(c) Ballerina.
(d) Fire breather.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?

2. Near what family member was Harold buried?

3. What is the narrator's mother's name?

4. Why did Anna and her second husband move to an old farmhouse after they married?

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

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