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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?
(a) Hamburgers and French fries.
(b) Ice cream and candy.
(c) Hot dogs and chips.
(d) Popcorn and peanuts.

2. What is the name of the narrator's mother's act?
(a) The Fluttering Angels.
(b) The Fledgling Abyssinians.
(c) The Floating Avatars.
(d) The Flying Avalons.

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

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 detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?
(a) She was Harold's wife.
(b) She was blind.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) She was badly injured.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?

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

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

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

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