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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1 - 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is something the narrator says happens when she is in her room and gets a "whiff of smoke from the stove downstairs" (para.2)?
(a) The stitches burn beneath her fingers.
(b) She panics and cannot breath.
(c) She scurries to make sure her mother is okay.
(d) She knows her mother must be cooking something special.

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

5. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?
(a) A card trick.
(b) His blindfold.
(c) His wedding ring.
(d) Anna's smear of lipstick near his mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Leap"?

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

3. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

4. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?

5. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?

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