The Leap Short Story Review Day 1

What was the mother's job before the narrator was born?

• nurse

• rodeo clown

• trapeze artist

• writer

Which of the following describes the narrator's mother?

• She struggles to remember her past as a trapeze artist when she loses her vision.

• Her past as a trapeze artist helps her move around now that she is blind.

• She is blind because of her past experiences as a trapeze artist.

• Her past is something she talks about often with her family.

When the narrator says that her mother "has never...bumped into a closet door left carelessly open," the narrator is referring to the fact that --

• her mother is unable to walk.

• the narrator always keeps her closet doors shut.

• the narrator's father liked to play practical jokes.

• the narrator's mother is blind.

Who is the narrator of "The Leap"?

• the daughter

• the husband

• the mother

• the rodeo clown

What can you INFER will happen in the story from the opening line "My mother was the surviving half of a blindfold trapeze act"?

• the daughter was the surviving half of the blindfold trapeze act

• the other person in the blindfold trapeze act did not survive

• the mother did not survive the trapeze act

• the mother was never a part of the blindfold trapeze act

Which word or phrase is related to extricate?

• overflow

• untangle

• run away

• ask nicely

What does the word encroaching mean?

• intruding on

• honor a memory

• setting free

• welcoming someone

constricting means...

• preventing freedom of movement

• hesitant or unsure

• going along with what is asked

• letting go, being free

What is an inference?

• An inference is something you think will happen based on clues in the story and your background knowledge

• An inference is something directly written in the text

• An inference is a wild guess., not based on anything you read

adjective, with caution and without confidence

• constrict

• tentative

• encroach

• extricate