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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. How many rivers meet at the center of Pittsburgh?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. Which of the following sports does Jo Anne Sheehy participate in?
(a) Lacrosse.
(b) Ice skating.
(c) Field hockey.
(d) Water polo.

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

4. How does Annie's father plan to travel to the city of his dreams?
(a) By boat.
(b) On foot.
(c) By plane.
(d) By car.

5. During which season of the year do Annie and her sisters move in with their grandparents?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie claim is at the forefront of her thoughts, and world, as a child?

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

3. Which of the following characters has a little black notebook used for recording great jokes?

4. What ethnicity are the Sheehys?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie react when her mother forced her to greet the neighborhood nuns?

2. Why does Annie Dillard's father leave home for a few months when she is a small girl, and what brings him back?

3. How does Mother react to Father's desire to travel down the river?

4. As she is drawing, what realization does Annie come to about the way children view the world?

5. What jobs does Father have after he returns from his failed trip down the Mississippi?

6. What is Annie Dillard's father's greatest dream in life?

7. How does Annie feel about the boys she takes dance lessons with in school?

8. How does Henry greet Annie and her mother when he spots them at the Homewood Library?

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

10. How do Annie's parents feel about jokes in the home?

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