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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 16 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word does the narrator use to describe her mother's time in the hospital?
(a) Confinement.
(b) Rehabilitation.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Imprisonment.

3. How did Anna get severely injured during the disaster?
(a) The tent toppled her and she got a concussion
(b) She burned her hands trying to grab onto something.
(c) A rescuer broke her arm trying to help her.
(d) She fell from her swing and broke her leg.

4. Where in the house did the fire start?
(a) In the narrator's room.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the den.
(d) Near the stove.

5. What did Harold and Anna use for part of their act?
(a) Strobe lights.
(b) Blindfolds.
(c) Puppies.
(d) Colorful scarves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anna and her daughter escape the house fire?

2. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?

3. What does the narrator say audience members ate while waiting for the act to begin?

4. How did Anna get to her daughter's room on the night of the fire?

5. What does the narrator say is the greatest difficulty of her mother's blindness in paragraph 15?

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