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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1 - 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?
(a) I don't want to die.
(b) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.
(c) I'm going to sue the tent company.
(d) Anna is with child.

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

3. Who was the other half of her mother's act?
(a) Herman Adams.
(b) Harold Avalon.
(c) Henry Allen.
(d) Hank Allendale.

4. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Ringleader.
(b) Trapeze artist.
(c) Fire breather.
(d) Ballerina.

5. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like two sparkling birds.
(b) Like dragonflies in the night.
(c) Like two doves in love.
(d) Like two peas in a pod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?

2. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?

3. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?

4. In paragraph 6, what does the narrator say her mother is able to live comfortably in?

5. 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)?

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