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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 was the suspected cause of the house fire?
(a) Candles.
(b) An unextinguished cigarette.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) Rekindled standing ash.

2. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?
(a) Strobe lights.
(b) Blindfolds.
(c) Colorful scarves.
(d) Puppies.

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

4. What is the first thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?
(a) She lost control and fell.
(b) She grasped his ankle.
(c) She screamed for help.
(d) She tore off her blindfold.

5. Where is Anna's first child buried?
(a) In the circus cemetery.
(b) In a cemetery near their house in New Hampshire.
(c) She was cremated.
(d) In the backyard plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?

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

3. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?

4. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?

5. What did the narrator realize once her mother was in her bedroom on the night of the fire?

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