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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. As a teenager, what is Annie shocked to see had gotten so large in the boys of classroom?
(a) Their feet.
(b) Their hands.
(c) Their egos.
(d) Their hearts.

2. Which of the following authors was good friends with Andrew Carnegie, and wrote to him in regards to the much needed river dam in the city?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Ernest Hemmingway.

3. Which of the following is NOT something Annie thinks all martyr's carry in their heart?
(a) Secret knowledge.
(b) Secret love.
(c) Secret joy.
(d) Secret hope.

4. Which of the following governmental positions did Andrew Mellon hold in his lifetime?
(a) Justice of the Peace.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of Treasury.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

5. Which of the following is NOT a city where boys of good crop come from?
(a) Fox Chapel.
(b) Sewickly.
(c) Homestead.
(d) Ligonier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rocks does Annie gather in her collection?

2. Where is the ghetto Annie is most interested in when studying WWII?

3. Why is Annie suspended from school?

4. Where is the place Annie most frequently met boys?

5. What is the name of the marble statue Annie visits every Saturday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie claim her world changes when she turns sixteen?

2. What types of things does Mother fight for within her social circles?

3. How does Opa die?

4. Who are Louis Pasteur and Jonas Salk?

5. Which of Giacometti's sculptures most inspires Annie as an artist, and why?

6. What does Annie think the collection of fall leaves exemplifies in the imagination of children?

7. How does the introduction of streetcars alter the topography of Annie's neighborhood?

8. What reactions does Annie get from passers-by when she runs down the street trying to fly?

9. Why does the mother Mrs. McVicker had in a jar fascinate Annie so thoroughly?

10. What experience with butterflies stops Annie from continuing with her insect collection?

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