The Leap

What caused the narrator’s mother to go blind?

• Cataracts

• Her career as a trapeze artist

• A car accident

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Why does the narrator believe her mother is so graceful when navigating around the house?

• Because she has been blind for a long time and has grown accustomed to her condition

• Because she used to be a ballet dancer

• Because of her mother's past as a blindfolded trapeze artist

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What was special about the way the Flying Avalons began their routines?

• They kissed each other

• They began their routines blindfolded

• They revealed that they were married

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Before the Flying Avalons begin their routine, what does the reader already know is going to happen? Check all that apply.

• That a storm is going to interfere with the circus

• That the storm is going to be responsible for a death

• That one of the trapeze artists will die

• That the narrator's mother will die

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How was the narrator’s mother able to survive the circus accident?

• She held onto a wire before being rescued

• She was saved by falling on a soft mat

• Her husband changed the course of his fall to protect her

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Why did the narrator’s mother have to go to the hospital?

• An overeager rescuer broke her arm trying to extract her

• She was accompanying her husband

• She feared for her unborn baby's life

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In the hospital, what did the doctor teach the narrator’s mother?

• How to sew

• How to read and write

• How to care for her wounds

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As a child, how did the narrator feel about her sister and how does the narrator feel about her now?

• She hardly thought about her and now thinks about her often

• She disliked her sister and now gets along with her well

• She was jealous of her but now is friendly and amicable

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Based on the narrator’s actions upon discovering the house was on fire, how can you characterize her?

• Rash and careless

• Selfish

• Calm, brave, and intelligent

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How was the narrator rescued from the house fire?

• Firefighters rescued her by leaning a ladder against the house.

• Her father rescued her by breaking down her door and carrying her to safety.

• Her mother climbed a tree to get into the room to rescue the narrator and jumped out of the window with her into the firefighter’s net.

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