Question

What information is given about the mother in the exposition of "The Leap"?

Answer 1

The correct answer is option C. The mother was in a blindfold trapeze act for a circus until her partner died in a tragic accident.  The narrator's mother, Anna Avalon was a blindfold trapeze act for a circus alongside her first husband, Harold Avalon. They were called the "Flying Avalons". The death of her husband, the other half of the blindfold, left her no other choice than to quit her job.