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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator sometimes go when she was a child "just to sit" (para. 11)?

2. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?

3. Near what family member was Harold buried?

4. What is the second thing Anna did the day of the disaster when she did not feel her husband's hands?

5. Where did Anna live after touring Europe when she was young?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the narrator's father teach Anna? What did she do for him in exchange?

2. What injuries did Anna suffer on the day of the disaster? What happened when she was in the hospital?

3. Why does the narrator return to her childhood home to live with her mother after her father passes?

4. What was Anna's history with the Avalons?

5. Where was Harold buried? Where was Anna and Harold's child buried?

6. How did Anna and the narrator's father meet? What had he done prior to this meeting?

7. How did the narrator think of her sister when she was young and why?

8. What did the narrator's mother once tell her she would be amazed by? Where does the narrator think she may have told her this and why?

9. Describe the narrator's sister's gravestone.

10. What quick actions did Anna muster in the first moment of the disaster during her performance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Louise Erdich’s commentary on family and motherhood in “The Leap.”

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of “The Leap." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?

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