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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in the house did the fire start?
(a) In the den.
(b) In the attic.
(c) Near the stove.
(d) In the narrator's room.

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

3. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?
(a) The Fluttering Angels.
(b) The Flying Avalons.
(c) The Floating Avatars.
(d) The Fledgling Abyssinians.

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

5. What is one reason the narrator finds it odd her parents chose to live in the old farmhouse?
(a) It was run down.
(b) It was far from their family.
(c) It was in the same town the disaster happened.
(d) It was too big for their small family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?

2. What did the narrator recall once she woke up in the midst of the house fire?

3. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?

4. Where had the narrator's mother taught her to dive off a board?

5. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

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