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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Old newspapers.
(c) Her in-laws.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?

2. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

3. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?

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

5. Near what family member was Harold buried?

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