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

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

3. How many acts performed before Anna and her husband's act on the day of the disaster?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?
(a) She saved herself.
(b) She saved her daughter's life.
(c) She met her first husband.
(d) She was born.

5. What metaphor is used in paragraph 5 to describe the way Anna and Harold would drop through the air during their act?
(a) Like dragonflies in the night.
(b) Like two doves in love.
(c) Like two sparkling birds.
(d) Like two peas in a pod.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Harold and Anna do in midair during their act according to paragraph 5?

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

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

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

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