Question

The questions below refer to the selection "The Leap." Which line in the story most clearly foreshadows the fire?

"Suddenly the room goes dark, the stitches burn beneath my fingers..."
"She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor."
"No hot sun beat upon the striped tent..."
"My mother is the surviving half of a blindfold trapeze act..."

Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor." The questions below refer to the selection "The Leap." The line in the story most clearly foreshadows the fire is that "She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor."