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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. How did the fire get put out on the day of the disaster?
2. What did Anna's second husband buy her when she was in the hospital, which she had never had before?
3. What is the narrator's father's occupation?
4. Where had the narrator's father "spent his war" as explained in paragraph 13?
5. What type of weather does the narrator describe in paragraph 12 when discussing her sister's grave?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the narrator think of her sister when she was young and why?
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. What injuries did Anna suffer on the day of the disaster? What happened when she was in the hospital?
4. What did the narrator's father teach Anna? What did she do for him in exchange?
5. Where was Harold buried? Where was Anna and Harold's child buried?
6. What quick actions did Anna muster in the first moment of the disaster during her performance?
7. Describe the narrator's sister's gravestone.
8. How did Anna and the narrator's father meet? What had he done prior to this meeting?
9. What was Anna's history with the Avalons?
10. Why does the narrator return to her childhood home to live with her mother after her father passes?
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 why you think the author chose to leave out the name of the narrator and her father in “The Leap.”
Essay Topic 3
Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
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