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

2. What sound does the narrator believe woke her up during the fire?
(a) The ladder breaking.
(b) The fire sirens.
(c) Her mother screaming.
(d) The telephone ringing.

3. What did the narrator do during the house fire once she felt the door was too hot?
(a) She wrapped a shirt around the knob to open it.
(b) She kicked it open.
(c) She put a rug under the crack.
(d) She screamed for help.

4. What did the narrator's mother once tell her one would be amazed by?
(a) How much money a trapeze artist makes.
(b) How scared she was each time she performed.
(c) How many things a mother can do.
(d) How many things you can do when falling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to paragraph 4, during what month did Anna experience her disaster?

2. How old does the narrator believe the tree was that caught flames near the house?

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

4. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?

5. What sound made the narrator look out the window on the night of the house fire?

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