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

2. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?
(a) She has dementia.
(b) She is paralyzed.
(c) She is blind.
(d) She is deaf.

3. Where had the narrator's mother taught her to dive off a board?
(a) Their backyard pool.
(b) Her cousin's pool.
(c) The town pool.
(d) The YMCA.

4. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?
(a) By rain and men's jackets.
(b) The ringleader and other performers used a fire extinguisher.
(c) Locals volunteers threw buckets of water on it.
(d) The fire department.

5. What is the narrator's mother's name?
(a) Abbeth.
(b) Anna.
(c) Alice.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?

2. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

3. What does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?

4. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

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

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