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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?
(a) A gale.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) A blizzard.

2. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like two peas in a pod.
(b) Like dragonflies in the night.
(c) Like two sparkling birds.
(d) Like two doves in love.

3. How old does the narrator believe the tree was that caught flames near the house?
(a) 50 years old.
(b) 100 years old.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 25 years old.

4. 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) Devouring books and writing poetry.
(d) School dances and young love.

5. What sound made the narrator look out the window on the night of the house fire?
(a) The thump of her mother landing on the house.
(b) The sound of her father screaming.
(c) The snap of a tree branch.
(d) The cracking of thunder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?

2. What creature does the narrator say would have had trouble jumping from the thin tree branch to the house on the night of the fire?

3. What was Anna doing when she landed on the gutter of the house near her daughter's window?

4. What is the narrator's mother's name?

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

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