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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Pages 15 through 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of Annie's parents' bodies is she obsessed with as a child of five?
(a) Their hair.
(b) Their skin.
(c) Their eyes.
(d) Their teeth.

2. When Annie Dillard imagines everything leaving her brain, what is the one thing she thinks will remain?
(a) The faces of her loved ones.
(b) The state capitals.
(c) Her own name.
(d) Topology.

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

4. During which decade does Annie's childhood take place?
(a) 1960's.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 1940's.
(d) 1970's.

5. In which century was the city of Pittsburgh founded?
(a) 19th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 18th century.
(d) 17th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does Annie imagine running the full-length of Pittsburgh?

2. Which of the following characters is described as "filled with various quaint sayings, stories, lyrics from songs"?

3. Which of the following types of music is Annie's father most interested in?

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

5. Which of the following men invented the stove in Philadelphia in 1753?

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