ELA 9B HMH Unit 1 The Leap, Selection Test

Instructions

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Read the selection in your Student Edition and choose the best answer to each question

She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor. She has never lost her balance or bumped into a closet door left carelessly open.

The description suggests that Anna has retained her —

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Read this sentence from paragraph 5.

They loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds, and blow kisses as they threw off their plumed helmets and high-collared capes.

What does comparing the Flying Avalons to birds mainly suggest about them?

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Read how the words unnoticed in paragraph 4 and unseen in paragraph 12 are used in context. What is the meaning of the prefix un-?

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The phrase one form of flight for another in paragraph 15 suggests that the —

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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 —

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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.
Anna saves herself during a trapeze act when lightning strikes the tent pole.
Anna leaps into a burning house to save her daughter.
The narrator comes home to read to her mother.

Present Timeline
Flashback

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This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A Which theme is conveyed in the selection?

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Part B Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?

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Most of “The Leap” is narrated as a series of flashbacks. What does the use of flashbacks allow the author to do that could not have been done without this technique?

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Which two inferences can you make about the narrator as a child?

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Which element makes it difficult to identify the climax in “The Leap”?

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In which sentence about “The Leap” does the word who or whom function as a relative pronoun at the beginning of a relative clause?

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Identify one theme the reader can infer from the details of the story, and explain how the author develops the theme. Include evidence from the text to support your response.

ELA 9B HMH Unit 1 The Leap, Selection Test

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.They loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds, and blow kisses as they threw off their plumed helmets and high-collared capes.What does comparing the Flying Avalons to birds mainly suggest about them?

Read how the words unnoticed in paragraph 4 and unseen in paragraph 12 are used in context. What is the meaning of the prefix un-?

The phrase one form of flight for another in paragraph 15 suggests that the —

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 —

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.

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.Part A Which theme is conveyed in the selection?

Part B Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?

Most of “The Leap” is narrated as a series of flashbacks. What does the use of flashbacks allow the author to do that could not have been done without this technique?

Which two inferences can you make about the narrator as a child?

Which element makes it difficult to identify the climax in “The Leap”?

In which sentence about “The Leap” does the word who or whom function as a relative pronoun at the beginning of a relative clause?

Identify one theme the reader can infer from the details of the story, and explain how the author develops the theme. Include evidence from the text to support your response.

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.They loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds, and blow kisses as they threw off their plumed helmets and high-collared capes.What does comparing the Flying Avalons to birds mainly suggest about them?

Read how the words unnoticed in paragraph 4 and unseen in paragraph 12 are used in context. What is the meaning of the prefix un-?

The phrase one form of flight for another in paragraph 15 suggests that the —

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 —

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.

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.Part A Which theme is conveyed in the selection?

Part B Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?

Most of “The Leap” is narrated as a series of flashbacks. What does the use of flashbacks allow the author to do that could not have been done without this technique?

Which two inferences can you make about the narrator as a child?

Which element makes it difficult to identify the climax in “The Leap”?

In which sentence about “The Leap” does the word who or whom function as a relative pronoun at the beginning of a relative clause?

Identify one theme the reader can infer from the details of the story, and explain how the author develops the theme. Include evidence from the text to support your response.

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.

They loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds, and blow kisses as they threw off their plumed helmets and high-collared capes.

What does comparing the Flying Avalons to birds mainly suggest about them?

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A Which theme is conveyed in the selection?

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.

They loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds, and blow kisses as they threw off their plumed helmets and high-collared capes.

What does comparing the Flying Avalons to birds mainly suggest about them?

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A Which theme is conveyed in the selection?