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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does the narrator believe the tree was that caught flames near the house?
(a) 50 years old.
(b) 25 years old.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 100 years old.

2. What is the second thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?
(a) She grasped his ankle.
(b) She tore off her blindfold.
(c) She changed direction.
(d) She yelled for help.

3. What did Anna direct one of the volunteers to do on the night of the house fire?
(a) Run for more help.
(b) Get out of her way.
(c) Lean the broken ladder against the tree trunk.
(d) Go in the house and save her daughter.

4. What did the narrator's mother know as soon as she came upon the house during the fire?
(a) The baby-sitter started the fire.
(b) The fire was her fault.
(c) There was no way to rescue her daughter.
(d) Her daughter was dead.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?

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

3. What phrase is used to describe the narrator's mother's movements in paragraph 2?

4. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?

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

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