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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 say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?
(a) Ice cream and candy.
(b) Hot dogs and chips.
(c) Popcorn and peanuts.
(d) Hamburgers and French fries.

2. According to paragraph 4, during what month did Anna experience her disaster?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) February.

3. What phrase is used to describe the narrator's mother's movements in paragraph 2?
(a) Stealthlike manner.
(b) Graceless fumbling.
(c) Catlike precision.
(d) Like a bull in a china shop.

4. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?
(a) She met her first husband.
(b) She saved her daughter's life.
(c) She was born.
(d) She saved herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?

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

5. Who was the other half of her mother's act?

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