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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. Who is said to have taken Anna in as a child and trained her to perform?

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

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

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

5. Where was Harold Avalon buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the story’s themes?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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