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What is the name for someone who practices parkour?

• a daredevil

• a stuntman

• a drawer

• a traceur

How does the author describe David Belle’s inspiration for creating parkour?

• He was inspired by his father, who helped develop a kind of obstacle-course training, and by the acrobatics of Jackie Chan.

• He was inspired by soldiers in World War II who taught themselves acrobatics and by the James Bond movies.

• He was inspired by his mother, who helped develop an obstacle course, and by the stuntmen of Hollywood.

• He was inspired by his grandfather, who was a soldier in World War I, and by the stunts in James Bond movies

Even though parkour is sometimes dangerous, traceurs are not trying to be reckless or dangerous.

What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• “Belle’s father, Raymond, had helped develop parcours du combatant, a form of obstacle-course training originally used in World War I.”

• “Despite their acts of derring-do, traceurs want to be safe, and ‘safety first’ is a parkour rule.”

• “Parkour was popularized for an international audience in 2006, when it was featured in the opening scene of the James Bond movie Casino Royale.”

• “Cities provide the ideal landscape for moving quickly from one random obstacle to the next—devising your route on the fly, sometimes literally.”

Read the following quote from David Belle, the founder of Parkour.

“He’s said that in life, as in parkour, ‘If you have an obstacle you must always continue forward.’”

Based on this quote, how do you think David Belle views Parkour?

• He views it as a religion.

• He views it as a purely physical activity.

• He views it as a discipline or mindset.

• He views it as a way to not use the subway.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Parkour, which was founded by David Belle, is a discipline that involves tracing an efficient path through urban landscapes using strength, speed, and acrobatic agility.

• The James Bond movie Casino Royale featured a Bond villain played by Sébastien Foucan who did all his own Parkour stunts.

• Parkour was created in the late 1980s by a Frenchman, David Belle, who took inspiration from his father.

• Parkour is usually practiced on farms and in the countryside, with traceurs jumping on hay bales and hills, but sometimes people also practice it in cities.

Read this sentence from Paragraph 5 in the article.

"He saw parkour as a discipline, note a sport or performance."

What meaning of disciple is used in the text?

• Noun: Activity or experience that provides mental or physical training

• Noun: A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education

• Verb: Train someone to obey the rules or a code of behavior, using a punishment to correct disobedience

• Verb: Punish or rebuke someone formally for an offense