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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 was Harold Avalon buried?

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

3. Where did the narrator's mother and father meet?

4. What are some places the narrator says her mother had been and her father "longed to visit" (para. 13)?

5. What happened to Anna's baby after the disaster?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing the title “The Leap.” Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay examining fire as a symbol in Leap. In what scenes does fire appear? What is the context? How does this symbol develop the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why you think the author chose to leave out the name of the narrator and her father in “The Leap.”

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