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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During which season of the year do Annie and her sisters move in with their grandparents?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

2. Where does Annie beg her parents to let her sleep, which they finally allow?
(a) In the treefort.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the attic.

3. Which of the following best describes Pittsburgh when it first sprung up as a settlement?
(a) Bare and deserted.
(b) Filled with wildflower fields.
(c) Mountainous, stony landscape.
(d) Covered with trees and vegetation.

4. What does Mother do for a living?
(a) She is a housewife.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a writer.

5. What does Oma tell Annie about money?
(a) That it is the source of all evil.
(b) That it is dirty.
(c) That it is the only true joy in life.
(d) That it is useless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following natural disasters affects Annie's neighborhood as a child?

2. What does Annie think might happen to her if she and her friend are caught putting things on the train tracks?

3. How does Annie's father plan to travel to the city of his dreams?

4. When Annie Dillard imagines everything leaving her brain, what is the one thing she thinks will remain?

5. What is the name of the child who prompts Annie to make the attack on the passing car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Annie's parents feel about jokes in the home?

2. Why does Annie Dillard's father leave home for a few months when she is a small girl, and what brings him back?

3. How does Annie spend her time in Frick Park?

4. What fascinates Annie most about the library books she checks out?

5. How does Annie react to each of her sisters when they were born?

6. How does Father react when Annie digs up an old coin in the alleyway near their home?

7. What stark winter memory does Annie have regarding Jo Anne Sheehy?

8. How does Henry greet Annie and her mother when he spots them at the Homewood Library?

9. How does Annie Dillard describe Pittsburgh in the 18th century?

10. How does the Dillard family react when a tornado comes roaring through their neighborhood?

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