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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Harold Avalon buried?
(a) In the family plot in the backyard.
(b) He was cremated.
(c) In the circus cemetery.
(d) In the cemetery near their house.

2. 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) Egypt, Hawaii, Moscow and Berlin.
(c) Venice, Rome, Mexico, France, and Spain.
(d) Portugal, Morocco, London, and Thailand.

3. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?
(a) Change costumes.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Embrace.
(d) Tell a joke.

4. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Maine.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Rhode Island.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is something the narrator says happens when she is in her room and gets a "whiff of smoke from the stove downstairs" (para.2)?

3. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?

4. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?

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

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