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

2. Which of the following Bible verses had a profound effect on Annie's childhood?
(a) "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
(b) "Be on your guard, stand firm in faith, be men of courage, be strong."
(c) "If one has faith, one can move mountains."
(d) "There is no fear in love, love casts out fear."

3. 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 be given up for adoption.
(b) She thinks they might be sent to jail.
(c) She thinks they might get grounded.
(d) She thinks they might get expelled from school.

4. What does Mother think when Oma's butler picks Annie up at the library and swings her around in front of his friends?
(a) She has no idea who this man is.
(b) She thinks his behavior is extremely inappropriate.
(c) She is deeply embarrassed.
(d) She thinks he had impeccable manners.

5. Where do the Sheehys live in proximity to the Dillards?
(a) Next door.
(b) Around the corner.
(c) Behind them.
(d) Across the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does Annie imagine running the full-length of Pittsburgh?

2. 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?

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

4. Which of the following instruments signals the evening news on the Dillard family radio?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Annie perform when she plays baseball with the boys?

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

4. How does Oma feel about Annie scrounging for money on the beach?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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