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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 16 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Anna's first child buried?
(a) In the backyard plot.
(b) In the circus cemetery.
(c) In a cemetery near their house in New Hampshire.
(d) She was cremated.

2. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?
(a) Cramming for tests and getting good grades.
(b) Double somersaults and heart-stopping catches.
(c) School dances and young love.
(d) Devouring books and writing poetry.

3. What condition does the narrator's mother have as explained in paragraph 1?
(a) She has dementia.
(b) She is blind.
(c) She is paralyzed.
(d) She is deaf.

4. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?
(a) At the town pool.
(b) At the circus.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At the library.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was at the scene when Anna and her husband arrived the night of the house fire?

3. What did the narrator's mother know as soon as she came upon the house during the fire?

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

5. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?

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