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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 is the author of "The Leap"?
(a) Louise Erdrich.
(b) Leonora Ellis.
(c) Eleanor Lee.
(d) Leslie Eldridge.

2. What are some things the narrator says her mother has not kept from her youth?
(a) Old clothes and old friends.
(b) Essays or awards.
(c) Sequined costumes or posters.
(d) Journals or news clippings.

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

4. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?
(a) A feather boa.
(b) A sequined costume.
(c) A statue of trapeze artists.
(d) A replica tent pole.

5. 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 knows her mother must be cooking something special.
(c) She panics and cannot breath.
(d) She scurries to make sure her mother is okay.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?

3. What happened during Harold and Anna's act just before they were able to clasp hands in midair?

4. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?

5. After reading paragraph 1, what do readers learn about the narrator's mother's former partner?

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