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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a name of one of the Dillard girls?
(a) Amy.
(b) Pam.
(c) Molly.
(d) Marie.

2. How long is Annie's father away, traveling to his dream city?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

3. What is the name of the African-American man who works for Oma at the lake house?
(a) Humphry.
(b) Henry.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Harry.

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

5. Which of the following characters has a little black notebook used for recording great jokes?
(a) Oma.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Opa.

6. 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 cigar.
(b) The lady's hat.
(c) The brick.
(d) The newspaper.

7. What type of lessons does Annie have to take with all the neighborhood children?
(a) Riding lessons.
(b) Dance lessons.
(c) Singing lessons.
(d) Piano lessons.

8. While at the zoo, what lie does Mother tell to a young man and his wife?
(a) That Mother used to babysit the man when he was a child.
(b) That the man has stolen Mother's wallet.
(c) That Annie is the man's daughter.
(d) That the man is Mother's long-lost son.

9. In which city does Annie's father finally give up his dream and return home?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Louisville.
(c) Green Bay.
(d) Detroit.

10. What is the name of Annie's favorite baseball team?
(a) The Yankees.
(b) The Pirates.
(c) The Mets.
(d) The Red Sox.

11. During which month of the year did Hitler die?
(a) February.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) April.

12. Which of the following is NOT a river in Pittsburgh?
(a) The Ohio.
(b) The Monongahela.
(c) The Mississippi.
(d) The Allegheney.

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

14. Which of the following characters is described as "filled with various quaint sayings, stories, lyrics from songs"?
(a) Mother.
(b) Amy.
(c) Annie.
(d) Jo Anne Sheehy.

15. Which of the following types of music is Annie's father most interested in?
(a) Blues.
(b) Opera.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book by Robert Lewis Stevenson is Annie reading when her father announces he will be taking a trip down the Mississippi?

2. What is the name of the man who runs Lloyd's Market?

3. What does Mother think when Oma's butler picks Annie up at the library and swings her around in front of his friends?

4. After returning from the Mississippi, where does Annie's father find a job?

5. What is the topic of the first book Annie borrows from a friend's house?

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