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The Leap Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 65 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the other half of her mother's act?
(a) Harold Avalon.
(b) Henry Allen.
(c) Herman Adams.
(d) Hank Allendale.

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

3. What did Anna and Harold do "openly" as they performed according to paragraph 5?
(a) Fumble and fall.
(b) Yell and argue.
(c) Laugh and flirt.
(d) Sing and dance.

4. Where does the narrator and her mother live?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Maine.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Rhode Island.

5. Where does the narrator say the tabloids carried the story of their town's disaster?
(a) Boston and New York.
(b) Chicago and L.A.
(c) Cincinatti and New York.
(d) Boston and L.A.

Short Answer Questions

1. In paragraph 3, where does the narrator say she gets her information about her mother's disaster?

2. What weather condition resulted in the disaster Anna and her husband experienced during their act?

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

4. What was the narrator's mother's former career as stated in the first sentence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of performer was the narrator's mother? Where does she live and what is her medical condition?

2. How is the scene at the circus before the disaster described? What was the weather like? What was the audience doing?

3. Why does the narrator sometimes forget that her mother was part of the Flying Avalons?

4. What stands in the center of town as a reminder of the disaster? Where does the narrator find out about the events that day?

5. What events followed lightning striking the main tent pole while Harold and Anna were performing?

6. What detail about Anna was not mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the disaster?

7. Why does the narrator say people in the East are at a disadvantage regarding weather changes than those in the West, where she used to live?

8. Why does the narrator find it unsurprising that her mother was able to perform while seven months pregnant?

9. Describe Anna and Harold's typical trapeze performance.

10. How does the narrator describe the way her mother moves through their home in New Hampshire in paragraph 1?

(see the answer keys)

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