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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. During air raid drills in school, where are the students expected to "duck and cover"?
(a) In the school hallways.
(b) In the school gymnasium.
(c) In the basement of the school.
(d) Under their desks.

2. In what industry did Andrew Mellon make his millions of dollars?
(a) Copper.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Glass.
(d) Electricity.

3. What color is bauxite, or aluminum ore?
(a) Silver.
(b) Black.
(c) Gold.
(d) Brown.

4. In which suburb of Pittsburgh did Andrew Carnegie live as a boy?
(a) Homewood.
(b) Shadyside.
(c) Oakland.
(d) Squirrel Hill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Annie inherit a rock collection?

2. On what part of their body do the girls in Annie's class typically use to compare their tans?

3. When Annie is a teenager, who is she most concerned with pleasing?

4. How does Annie "memorize" the faces of her suspects?

5. What type of tumor does Opa battle until he finally dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie feel seeing the boys from the Sewickley Dance at church the following Sunday?

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

3. What dangerous prank does Annie play on a local streetcar?

4. What does Annie imagine life would be like if an atom bomb were dropped on her neighborhood?

5. What advice about dancing does Mother give to Annie before she attends the Sewickley Dance?

6. How does Annie feel about her mother's position in life?

7. Who is Andrew Carnegie, and what impact did he have on the city of Pittsburgh?

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

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

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

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