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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 did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Fumble and fall.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Laugh and flirt.
(d) Yell and argue.

2. In paragraph 6, what does the narrator say her mother is able to live comfortably in?
(a) The spotlight.
(b) Extreme poverty.
(c) Extreme elements.
(d) Their farmhouse.

3. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?
(a) At university.
(b) At an air force training grounds.
(c) In combat.
(d) In Canada.

4. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?
(a) He lives with them.
(b) He was unkind.
(c) They had a falling out.
(d) He has died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?

2. In paragraph 15, why does the narrator say she came to stay with her mother after her father's death?

3. Where is Anna's first child buried?

4. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?

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

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