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

2. What is the second thing the narrator says she owes her existence to?
(a) The gale that caused the disaster.
(b) The war and the Air Force base.
(c) Harold.
(d) Her parents and the hospital where they met.

3. Where was Harold Avalon buried?
(a) In the family plot in the backyard.
(b) In the circus cemetery.
(c) He was cremated.
(d) In the cemetery near their house.

4. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?
(a) Egypt, Hawaii, Moscow and Berlin.
(b) Africa, Australia, China, and Japan.
(c) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.
(d) Portugal, Morocco, London, and Thailand.

5. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Sing and dance.
(b) Laugh and flirt.
(c) Yell and argue.
(d) Fumble and fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?

2. What did Anna gesture for her daughter to do once she was outside her window on the night of the fire?

3. What was the suspected cause of the house fire?

4. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?

5. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

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