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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?
(a) It gets smaller.
(b) It gets larger.
(c) It gets closer.
(d) It gets further away.

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

3. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?
(a) Ice cream and candy.
(b) Hamburgers and French fries.
(c) Popcorn and peanuts.
(d) Hot dogs and chips.

4. What would Harold show the audience members during part of their act?
(a) His wedding ring.
(b) His blindfold.
(c) Anna's smear of lipstick near his mouth.
(d) A card trick.

5. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?
(a) Dozens.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Harold Avalon buried?

3. What did the narrator's mother once tell her one would be amazed by?

4. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?

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

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