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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator do during the house fire once she felt the door was too hot?
(a) She wrapped a shirt around the knob to open it.
(b) She put a rug under the crack.
(c) She kicked it open.
(d) She screamed for help.

2. What did the narrator think as her and her mother fell through the air on the night of the fire?
(a) She wondered what would happen if they missed the net.
(b) She wondered how the fire started.
(c) She wondered where the babysitter went.
(d) She wondered how her mother got to her room.

3. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator say she sometimes thinks her mother has no memory of from her youth?
(a) Double somersaults and heart-stopping catches.
(b) Cramming for tests and getting good grades.
(c) School dances and young love.
(d) Devouring books and writing poetry.

4. Where is Anna's first child buried?
(a) In the backyard plot.
(b) She was cremated.
(c) In a cemetery near their house in New Hampshire.
(d) In the circus cemetery.

5. In paragraph 18, the narrator says her father was "perpetually exhausted" from what?
(a) Drinking late into the night.
(b) Being on-call during night hours.
(c) Staying up all night reading.
(d) Taking care of a new baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sound made the narrator look out the window on the night of the house fire?

3. Where was Harold Avalon buried?

4. Where does the narrator and her mother live?

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

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