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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 was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Trapeze artist.
(b) Ballerina.
(c) Fire breather.
(d) Ringleader.

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

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

4. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Old newspapers.
(d) Her in-laws.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What does the narrator sometimes do in her childhood room?

3. What does the narrator suggest may have been Harold's final thought as he fell into the crowd on the day of the disaster?

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

5. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

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