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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 two doves in love.
(c) Like two sparkling birds.
(d) Like dragonflies in the night.

4. 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 badly injured.
(d) She was pregnant.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?

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

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

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

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