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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 did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?

2. What does the narrator say seems to happen to her sister's grave as the years progress?

3. How did Anna's hands get burned during the disaster?

4. What did the narrator's mother once tell her one would be amazed by?

5. How many people died during the disaster?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel. How does the novel's structure drive the narrative?

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