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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 detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?
(a) She was blind.
(b) She was badly injured.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) She was Harold's wife.

2. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Boston and L.A.
(b) Cincinatti and New York.
(c) Boston and New York.
(d) Chicago and L.A.

3. What are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?
(a) Journals or news clippings.
(b) Old clothes and old friends.
(c) Sequined costumes or posters.
(d) Essays or awards.

4. What does the narrator think must have happened to her mother after she was taken to the hospital the day of the disaster?
(a) She hemmorhaged.
(b) She lost her vision.
(c) She found out her husband died.
(d) She miscarried.

5. What is the first thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?
(a) She grasped his ankle.
(b) She screamed for help.
(c) She lost control and fell.
(d) She tore off her blindfold.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?

4. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?

5. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

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