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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 16 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) New Hampshire.

3. What is the second thing the narrator says she owes her existence to?
(a) Her parents and the hospital where they met.
(b) Harold.
(c) The war and the Air Force base.
(d) The gale that caused the disaster.

4. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?
(a) Anna.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Harold's parents.
(d) His brothers.

5. What is the first thing Anna asks her husband to do the night of the house fire?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Go in the house and save their daughter.
(c) Unzip her dress.
(d) Help put out the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?

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

3. What phrase is used to describe the narrator's mother's movements in paragraph 2?

4. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?

5. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

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