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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie think might happen to her if she and her friend are caught putting things on the train tracks?
(a) She thinks they might get expelled from school.
(b) She thinks they might get grounded.
(c) She thinks they might be given up for adoption.
(d) She thinks they might be sent to jail.

2. What position did Father have during the war when he was fighting?
(a) 6-R.
(b) 4-F.
(c) 2-J.
(d) 5-C.

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

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

5. Which of the following items does Annie describe in depth after the disaster strikes her neighborhood?
(a) The sidwalks.
(b) The trees.
(c) The power lines.
(d) The rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following men does Annie fear through her childhood, comparing him to a raven that scattered curses?

2. In which city does Annie's father finally give up his dream and return home?

3. How many rivers meet at the center of Pittsburgh?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mother's favorite joke about the brick and the little black poodle?

2. What is Oma's greatest desire for her family?

3. What happened when Annie is caught throwing snowballs at a car?

4. How does Annie explore the skin of her parents?

5. How was the city of Pittsburgh founded?

6. What is Father's role in the film "Night of the Living Dead"?

7. Why isn't Annie allowed to play with the Sheehy children?

8. What is Annie shocked to realize when she first attempts to draw her baseball mitt ?

9. How does Annie spend her time in Frick Park?

10. What does Annie remember most about the destruction of her neighborhood from the tornado?

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