The Leap - Main Events Quiz

Who teaches Anna Avalon to read and write?

Question Answer Choices The narrator's father, a doctor. Her first husband, Harold Avalon. A fellow circus performer. Her daughter, the narrator.

What character trait does the mother in "The Leap" display when she saves her daughter from the burning house?

Question Answer Choices Reckless Self-sacrificial Apathetic Indecisive

What injuries did Anna Avalon sustain from the lightning strike?

Question Answer Choices Severe burns on her legs and arms A broken arm and severely burnt palms A fractured spine and minor cuts A broken leg and a concussion

How does Anna Avalon save her daughter during the house fire?

Question Answer Choices She calls for help and waits for the firefighters to rescue them. She climbs a tree, leaps onto the house, and they jump into the firefighters' net. She uses a ladder to reach her daughter's window and climbs down with her. She breaks down the front door and carries her daughter out.

What character trait does the mother in "The Leap" display when she safely lowers herself to the ground after the lightning strikes the circus tent?

Question Answer Choices Timid Careless Indifferent Quick-witted

What character trait does the mother in "The Leap" display by continuing her trapeze act while seven months pregnant?

Question Answer Choices Cautious Reckless Timid Indifferent

What is the first major event in the chronological order of "The Leap"?

Question Answer Choices The narrator returns home to read to her blind mother. Anna Avalon meets her second husband in the hospital. Anna Avalon saves herself after her flying trapeze act goes wrong. The family's farmhouse catches on fire.

What happened when lightning struck the circus tent during the Avalons' performance?

Question Answer Choices Both Harold and Anna Avalon fell to their deaths. Anna Avalon fell to her death, and Harold Avalon survived with injuries. Harold Avalon saved Anna Avalon, and both survived without injuries. Harold Avalon fell to his death, and Anna Avalon survived with injuries.

What does the title 'The Leap' foreshadow in the story?

Question Answer Choices Harry Avalon's successful trapeze performance. The narrator's decision to become a trapeze artist. The narrator's leap into adulthood. Anna Avalon's dramatic, life-risking jump to rescue the narrator.

What does the Avalon's blindfolded act foreshadow?

Question Answer Choices The mother's eventual blindness from cataracts. The fire that destroys their home. The narrator's fear of heights. Harry Avalon's death during a performance.