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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Annie when she first borrowes "The Fields and Streams of Pittsburgh" from the library?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 14 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

2. What ethnicity are the Sheehys?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Irish.

3. What is the topic of the first book Annie borrows from a friend's house?
(a) Photography.
(b) Painting.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Sculpting.

4. What is the Lambert family, of Somerset township, famous for?
(a) Religious vigor.
(b) Philanthropy.
(c) Extreme racism.
(d) Heavy drinking.

5. Whose rights does Mother spend her lifetime fighting for?
(a) The rights of illegal immigrants.
(b) The rights of African-Americans.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) The rights of the poor.

6. What religion does the Sheehy family practice?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Buddhism.

7. Which of the following types of birds does Annie describe as "red, green, and yellow - nested in the dark forest" of Pennsylvania?
(a) Ravens.
(b) Woodpeckers.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Parakeets.

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

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

10. When the business man sees Annie trying to fly, how does he react?
(a) He looks at her with embarrassment.
(b) He tells her she looks like a bird.
(c) He encourages her with his eyes.
(d) He ignores her completely.

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

12. Which of the following horror movies does Annie's father have an acting role in?
(a) Children of the Corn.
(b) Night of the Living Dead.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Friday the 13th.

13. What do Annie and her friend place on a train track, just to see what would happen?
(a) A rock.
(b) An egg.
(c) A penny.
(d) A baby doll.

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

15. What is the name of the child who prompts Annie to make the attack on the passing car?
(a) Jo Anne Sheehy.
(b) Alexander Crumb.
(c) Bettie-Jo Parnassus.
(d) Mikey Fahey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the middle-aged woman sees Annie trying to fly, how does she react?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a river in Pittsburgh?

4. Where is Annie when she sees her first rose-breasted grosbeak?

5. What is the name of the pilot in Father's favorite book, "Life on the Mississippi"?

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