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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Pages 73 through 100.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the man who runs Lloyd's Market?
(a) Lloyd.
(b) Larry.
(c) Luke.
(d) Lester.

3. Which book by Robert Lewis Stevenson is Annie reading when her father announces he will be taking a trip down the Mississippi?
(a) Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
(b) The Black Arrow.
(c) Treasure Island.
(d) Kidnapped.

4. How does the driver of the car Annie attacked react?
(a) He chased Annie through the neighborhood.
(b) He ignored the attack and continued driving.
(c) He shouted vulgarities from the car window.
(d) He called Annie's parents.

5. What injury did Father sustain while fighting in the war?
(a) Broken leg.
(b) Shattered ribs.
(c) Collapsed lung.
(d) Heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie throw at a car as a child?

2. How old is Annie when she first borrowes "The Fields and Streams of Pittsburgh" from the library?

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

4. What fascinates Annie most about the book "The Fields and Streams of Pittsburgh"?

5. During which decade does Annie's childhood take place?

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