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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 point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?
(a) She is quite clumsy.
(b) She barely moves so as not to disturb anything.
(c) She acts as though her daughter is not there.
(d) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.

2. What did Anna's second husband teach her to do while in hospital?
(a) Play chess.
(b) Speak Spanish.
(c) Read.
(d) Walk again.

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

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

5. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?
(a) He was born and Anna named him Harold.
(b) She was born premature.
(c) It was stillborn.
(d) She miscarried.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Harold Avalon buried?

2. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?

3. According to paragraph 4, during what month did Anna experience her disaster?

4. What is the narrator's father's occupation?

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

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