Post-Quiz - The Leap, Erdrich

Which detail from the story helps create suspense?

• "It was during her confinement in the hospital that my mother met my father."

• "She used the phone, then ran outside to stand beneath my window."

• "I owe her my existence three times."

• "They sat. They ate caramelized popcorn and roasted peanuts."

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What attracted the narrator's father to Anna?

• She was a trapeze artist.

• She wanted to live in New Hampshire.

• She could not read.

• She had traveled the world.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

At the end of the story, why does the narrator mention twice that she was embarrassed by her mother's lack of clothing?

• She feels ashamed now of her feelings then.

• She still wishes her mother hadn't removed her dress.

• She now realizes how cold her mother was.

• She has vowed never to be like her mother.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Which statement lists the events in the correct sequence?

• Anna rescues the narrator; the narrator returns home; the narrator's father dies.

• Anna marries a second time; the narrator returns home; Anna becomes blind.

• The narrator returns home; the narrator's father dies; Anna rescues the narrator from a fire.

• Anna survives her circus fall; Anna rescues the narrator; the narrator returns home.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

A tentative reply is...

• correct.

• uncertain.

• assertive.

• quiet.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is wrong with the mother?

• She is blind
• She has a broken leg
• She is in a coma

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Throughout the story the author uses_____ to paint a picture in the story.

• Foreshadowing
• imagery
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was the narrator's mother's profession?

• a clown at the circus
• a trapeze artist
• a writer for the newspaper

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What choice did Anna have to make when she was falling from the top of the circus tent?

• saving herself or saving her husband
• saving herself or her child
• saving her husband or saving her dog 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the main conflict in the story?

• the narrator was trapped in her house by the fire
• Anna and her husband die
• Anna and her new husband join the circus again

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4