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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 does Annie feel about her mother's intelligence?
(a) She feels her mother's intelligence is hidden beneath her beauty.
(b) She feels her mother's intelligence could rival the greatest thinkers of her time.
(c) She feels her mother is funny, but not very intelligent.
(d) She feels her mother's intelligence is wasted.

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

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

4. What is the name of the firm where Annie's father works?
(a) American Refuge.
(b) American Values.
(c) American Apparel.
(d) American Standard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is known for giving telemarketers false information when they call?

2. How does Annie feel when her mother brings her to meet the neighborhood nuns?

3. During her lessons, how does Annie feel in comparison to the rest of the children?

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

5. What type of school does Annie attend as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What fascinates Annie most about the library books she checks out?

4. How does Annie feel about the Catholic religion as a child?

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

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

7. How does Annie describe life for the typical family after WWII?

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

9. How does the Dillard family react when a tornado comes roaring through their neighborhood?

10. What stark winter memory does Annie have regarding Jo Anne Sheehy?

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