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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following types of trees line Annie's neighborhood streets?
(a) Oaks.
(b) Poplars.
(c) Maples.
(d) Elms.

2. After returning from the Mississippi, where does Annie's father find a job?
(a) At a televisions station.
(b) At a film studio.
(c) At a radio station.
(d) At a newspaper.

3. From whom does Annie inherit a rock collection?
(a) The chimney sweep.
(b) The paper boy.
(c) The milk man.
(d) The grocer.

4. How old is Annie when she runs down the street, trying to fly?
(a) 4 years old.
(b) 8 years old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

5. What happens if a moth cannot immediately spread its wings after it emerges from its cocoon?
(a) Nothing, it continues life as normal.
(b) It will revert back to a caterpillar.
(c) It will be crippled.
(d) It will die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following insects most terrifies Annie as a child?

2. Which of the following authors was good friends with Andrew Carnegie, and wrote to him in regards to the much needed river dam in the city?

3. What does Annie love about the Bible verses she memorizes as a child?

4. Which of the following types of birds does Annie describe as "red, green, and yellow - nested in the dark forest" of Pennsylvania?

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

(see the answer key)

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