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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 does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?
(a) Anna is with child.
(b) I don't want to die.
(c) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.
(d) I'm going to sue the tent company.

2. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?
(a) She sews.
(b) She talks on the phone.
(c) She paints.
(d) She reads.

3. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?
(a) Confinement.
(b) Vacation.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Rehabilitation.

4. How many people died during the disaster?
(a) 18.
(b) 60.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like two peas in a pod.
(b) Like two sparkling birds.
(c) Like dragonflies in the night.
(d) Like two doves in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?

2. What is the second thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?

3. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?

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

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

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