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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. In which century was the city of Pittsburgh founded?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 18th century.
(d) 19th century.
2. How old are Annie's parents when Annie thinks they are "saggy and decrepit"?
(a) In their thirties.
(b) In their fifties.
(c) In their forties.
(d) In their twenties.
3. Which of the following horror movies does Annie's father have an acting role in?
(a) Night of the Living Dead.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Children of the Corn.
(d) Friday the 13th.
4. What ethnicity is Oma, an aspect very important to her identity?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.
5. Which of the following characters is described as "filled with various quaint sayings, stories, lyrics from songs"?
(a) Mother.
(b) Annie.
(c) Amy.
(d) Jo Anne Sheehy.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Annie Dillard imagines everything leaving her brain, what is the one thing she thinks will remain?
2. What sport does Annie play throughout her childhood?
3. What is the name of the pilot in Father's favorite book, "Life on the Mississippi"?
4. What is the Lambert family, of Somerset township, famous for?
5. Which of the following types of music is Annie's father most interested in?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Father react when Annie digs up an old coin in the alleyway near their home?
2. How do Annie's parents feel about jokes in the home?
3. Why does Annie Dillard's father leave home for a few months when she is a small girl, and what brings him back?
4. What realizations about consciousness does Annie Dillard make while struggling with bouts of insomnia as a child?
5. How does Annie Dillard describe Pittsburgh in the 18th century?
6. What fascinates Annie most about the library books she checks out?
7. How does Henry greet Annie and her mother when he spots them at the Homewood Library?
8. How does Annie react to each of her sisters when they were born?
9. What jobs does Father have after he returns from his failed trip down the Mississippi?
10. What is Annie shocked to realize when she first attempts to draw her baseball mitt ?
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