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

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

3. What do Annie and her friend place on a train track, just to see what would happen?
(a) An egg.
(b) A rock.
(c) A penny.
(d) A baby doll.

4. Which of the following materials is used to make most of the streets in Annie's neighborhood?
(a) Brick.
(b) Asphalt.
(c) Cement.
(d) Cobblestone.

5. Whose rights does Mother spend her lifetime fighting for?
(a) The rights of the poor.
(b) The rights of African-Americans.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) The rights of illegal immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does the Sheehy family practice?

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

3. How old is Annie when she runs down the street, trying to fly?

4. While at the zoo, what lie does Mother tell to a young man and his wife?

5. What are most of the houses in Annie's neighborhood constructed from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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