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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 did Anna get to her daughter's room on the night of the fire?
(a) She climbed the tree.
(b) She stood on her husband's shoulders.
(c) She launched herself up with a pole.
(d) She ran to the front door.

2. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?
(a) Her sister's grave.
(b) Her school playground.
(c) A nearby brook.
(d) Her grandmother's garden.

3. Why did Anna and her second husband move to an old farmhouse after they married?
(a) Anna's first husband built it.
(b) Anna had inherited it.
(c) He had inherited it.
(d) They had both always dreamed of sign in an old farmhouse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does the narrator believe woke her up during the fire?

2. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?

3. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?

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

5. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?

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