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WorksheetsThe Leap
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How would you describe Anna based on the details from paragraph 1?
Clumsy and careless
Graceful and careful
Reckless and daring
Nervous and anxious
The narrator implies that the main reason she moved back to her childhood home to care for her mother was due to her feeling of —
Obligation
Resentment
Indifference
Excitement
The narrator describes events in the present and uses flashback to describe events in the past. Mark the correct box to indicate whether each event happens in the present timeline of the story or in a flashback. Anna loses her sight.
Present Timeline
Flashback
Both
Neither
What does the word "extricate" mean?
To entangle
To free from a constraint
To complicate
To confuse
What is a theme commonly conveyed in literature?
The setting of the story
The main character's name
The underlying message or lesson
The number of pages
How do flashbacks benefit an author in storytelling?
They make the story longer
They provide background information
They confuse the reader
They change the genre
What makes it difficult to identify the climax in a story?
The story has no characters
The climax is at the beginning
The story has multiple climaxes
The climax is not clearly defined
What is a relative clause?
A clause that describes a noun
A clause that stands alone
A clause that is unrelated
A clause that is a question
Which of the following is a relative pronoun?
And
Which
But
Or
What is the purpose of using flashbacks in a narrative?
To confuse the reader
To provide future events
To give context to past events
To introduce new characters
In "The Leap," what does the narrator suggest is the main reason that her mother, now blind from cataracts, can still safely negotiate her New Hampshire home?
She has lived there a long time.
She once saved the narrator's life.
She was once part of a blindfold trapeze act.
She has a highly developed sense of hearing.
Why do authors use relative clauses in their writing?
To ask a question
To add interest and variety to their work
To end a sentence
To start a new paragraph
What does comparing the Flying Avalons to birds mainly suggest about them?
Their acrobatics were skillful and natural.
They looked small and fragile on stage.
They enjoyed surprising the audience.
Their relationship was romantic.
____ 1. Which detail from the story helps create suspense?
A “It was during her confinement in the hospital that my mother met my father.”
B “She used the phone, then ran outside to stand beneath my window.”
C “I owe her my existence three times.”
D “They sat. They ate caramelized popcorn and roasted peanuts.”
____ 8. A tentative reply is
A correct.
B uncertain.
C assertive.
D quiet.
The phrase one form of flight for another in paragraph 15 suggests that the —
ability to read allows the imagination to soar
mother is willing to exchange excitement for safety
father understands what the mother has given up
feeling of contentment is connected to lovec
In which sentence about “The Leap” does the word who or whom function as a relative pronoun at the beginning of a relative clause?
The narrator did not know who would try to rescue her.
The story doesn’t say who was killed besides Harry Avalon.
Anna’s arm was broken by a rescuer who was trying to help her.
It seems obvious whom the babysitter telephoned after she awoke.
What was the mother's job before the narrator was born?
Nurse
Rodeo Clown
Trapeze artist
Teacher
Secretary
Which statement best expresses the theme of the short story?
A person’s second love is their truest love.
Time slows down for people when they are in danger.
Sometimes a moment in time can seem longer than it actually is.
It’s important for a mother to remain courageous and full of love after a tragedy.
What does the prefix ex- mean?
against, opposite of
down, off, away from
out, away, out of, or outside
put into, cover with
