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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. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?

2. How many people died during the disaster?

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

4. How does the narrator say she often thought of her sister when she was young?

5. Who took care of Harold's body after he died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of sight in “The Leap.”

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does she introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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