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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 is the narrator's mother's name?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Abbeth.
(c) Alice.
(d) Anna.

2. According to paragraph 4, during what month did Anna experience her disaster?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) June.

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 doves in love.
(b) Like two peas in a pod.
(c) Like two sparkling birds.
(d) Like dragonflies in the night.

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

5. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) Maine.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Vermont.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

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

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

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

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