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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 happened during Harold and Anna's act just before they were able to clasp hands in midair?
(a) Anna went into labor.
(b) A strong wind blew the tent away.
(c) Lightning struck the main tent pole.
(d) A blizzard forced everyone to run for shelter.

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

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

4. What is something the narrator says happens when she is in her room and gets a "whiff of smoke from the stove downstairs" (para.2)?
(a) She panics and cannot breath.
(b) The stitches burn beneath her fingers.
(c) She scurries to make sure her mother is okay.
(d) She knows her mother must be cooking something special.

5. What does the narrator point out in paragraph one about how her mother moves through the house?
(a) She barely moves so as not to disturb anything.
(b) She never bumps into anything or knocks anything over.
(c) She acts as though her daughter is not there.
(d) She is quite clumsy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?

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

4. How many times does the narrator say she owes her existence to her mother?

5. What stands "cast in concrete" (para. 3) to commemorate the accident?

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