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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?
(a) He announced Anna and Harold to the crowd.
(b) He gave a little background on their love story.
(c) He cracked his whip and pointed to the ceiling.
(d) He blew a horn and jumped up and down.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?

2. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?

3. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?

4. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?

5. Why is the narrator easily able to pick her sister's gravestone from afar?

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