EOC Leap

Which line from "The Leap" foreshadows what happens during the storm?

• I owe her my existence three times.

• My other is the surviving half of a blindfold trapeze act..

• There was time, before the storm, for three acts.

• They loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds.

What fact about the narrator's mother in "The Leap" helps you predict that she will survive the storm?

• She never lost her balance or upset an object.

• She loved her husband.

• She met the narrator's father in a hospital.

• She lost a baby.

In "The Leap," why was the Flying Avalons' trapeze act in the newspaper?

• Because their act was so daring

• Because they were so romantic during their act

• Because there was a terrible accident during their act

• Because there was a fire in their house after the act

Why does the narrator of "The Leap" consider her sister a "less finished version" of herself?

• Because her mother loved the sister more than the narrator

• Because the sister was so much like the narrator when she died

• Because the sister never grew up to have a personality of her own

• Because the sister had the same name as the narrator

In "The Leap," how did the narrator's mother and father meet?

• At the circus during the high-wire act

• At the hospital after the accident

• During the fire

• At the grave of the mother's dead daughter

In "The Leap," what "form of flight" does the narrator's mother take up after she gives up the trapeze?

• Flying a plane

• Cooking

• Reading

• Hang gliding

Which detail from "The Leap" foreshadows the fire?

• The story of the terrible storm

• The description of the mother's blindness

• The description of the changeable weather in New Hampshire

• The narrator's memory of the smell of smoke and crackle of flame

Which phrase best describes the narrator's mother in "The Leap?'

• hesitant and uncertain

• graceful and daring

• smart and cunning

• stubborn and cautious

What prior knowledge can help you predict that the narrator's mother will try to save her in "The Leap"?

• Trapeze artists are not afraid of fire

• Firefighters will not let people enter burning buildings

• Mothers will do whatever they can to save their children

• Children do not know how to escape from burning buildings

In "The Leap," how does the narrator feel when she sees her mother outside the window of the burning house?

• Unsurprised

• Terrified

• Thrilled

• Angry