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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Page 39 through 69.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following animals does Annie imagine running the full-length of Pittsburgh?
(a) A deer.
(b) A chipmunk.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A bat.

4. In Mother's favorite joke, the one that takes two days to tell, what does the little black poodle bring back to the train car?
(a) The brick.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) The cigar.
(d) The lady's hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Pittsburgh when it first sprung up as a settlement?

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

3. How does Annie feel when her mother brings her to meet the neighborhood nuns?

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

5. What ethnicity is Oma, an aspect very important to her identity?

(see the answer key)

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