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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 Floating Avatars.
(b) The Fluttering Angels.
(c) The Fledgling Abyssinians.
(d) The Flying Avalons.

2. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?
(a) Anna.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Harold's parents.
(d) His brothers.

3. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. Who was the other half of her mother's act?
(a) Hank Allendale.
(b) Henry Allen.
(c) Herman Adams.
(d) Harold Avalon.

5. 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 miscarried.
(b) She hemmorhaged.
(c) She lost her vision.
(d) She found out her husband died.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?

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

5. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

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