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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

2. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?
(a) She was badly injured.
(b) She was blind.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) She was Harold's wife.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?

2. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?

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

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

5. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?

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