WorksheetsThe Leap Short Story Review Day 1
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
verb, to obey an instruction or command
constrict
encroach
comply
extricate
