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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 condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?
(a) She is paralyzed.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She is blind.
(d) She has dementia.

2. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) Maine.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Vermont.
(d) New Hampshire.

3. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?
(a) Dozens.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

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

5. What is the narrator's father's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Trapeze artist.
(d) Lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Anna direct one of the volunteers to do on the night of the house fire?

3. What was Anna doing when she landed on the gutter of the house near her daughter's window?

4. What does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?

5. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?

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