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

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. Who is the author of "The Leap"?
(a) Leonora Ellis.
(b) Leslie Eldridge.
(c) Louise Erdrich.
(d) Eleanor Lee.

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?
(a) I don't want to die.
(b) A surprise that he did not have Anna's hands in his.
(c) Anna is with child.
(d) I'm going to sue the tent company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the ringmaster do to introduce the Flying Avalons on the day of the disaster?

2. According to paragraph 4, during what month did Anna experience her disaster?

3. What does the narrator say her mother did the first time she owes her existence to her?

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

5. What detail about Anna does the narrator note was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?

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