2. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?
(a) He was born and Anna named him Harold.
(b) She was born premature.
(c) She miscarried.
(d) It was stillborn.

3. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?
(a) She grabbed onto the tent just as it went up in flames.
(b) Her handle bars were struck by lightning.
(c) Her blind fold was on fire when she removed it.
(d) She grabbed onto a metal wire that was hot from the lighting.

4. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Rehabilitation.
(d) Confinement.

5. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?
(a) Her neighbors.
(b) The Avalons.
(c) The ringleader.
(d) Her aunt.

6. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?
(a) She hemmorhaged.
(b) She lost her vision.
(c) She found out her husband died.
(d) She miscarried.

7. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?
(a) Harold's parents.
(b) His brothers.
(c) Anna.
(d) His uncle.

8. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?
(a) A book.
(b) A hat.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A new dress.

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

10. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?
(a) At the library.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At the town pool.
(d) At the circus.

11. 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 yelled for help.
(c) She changed direction.
(d) She tore off her blindfold.

12. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?
(a) Play chess.
(b) Read.
(c) Walk again.
(d) Speak Spanish.

13. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?
(a) To cook for her.
(b) To read to her.
(c) To take her for walks.
(d) To clean the house.

14. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?
(a) In Canada.
(b) In combat.
(c) At university.
(d) At an air force training grounds.

15. 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.