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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. What was Andrew Carnegie's job when he first moved to Pittsburgh?
(a) He was a garbage collector.
(b) He was a chimney sweep.
(c) He was a messenger.
(d) He was a bobbin boy.

2. When Annie is a teenager, who is she most concerned with pleasing?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her parents.

3. What is the oldest rock known to man?
(a) The redstone Retriever.
(b) The Dalmation bluestone.
(c) The Labrador greenstone.
(d) The Daschund yellowstone.

4. Where did the Carnegie family emigrate from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

5. Why does Annie stop visiting Oma so abruptly?
(a) Because Oma forbids vistors.
(b) Because Oma starts crying.
(c) Because Oma dies.
(d) Becaue Annie is bored with her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following books did Paul de Kruif write?

2. Who inherited the billion-dollar company Andrew Carnegie started?

3. What emotion does Annie say drives her during her teenage years?

4. What color hair does the boy have that Annie first falls in love with?

5. What is the name of Annie's fifth grade teacher?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What horrifying sight does Annie see when she returns home from summer camp after a four week vacation from her bug collection?

3. What realization about death does Annie have while reading biographies?

4. What fantasies about food rationing does Annie frequently have as a child?

5. What happens to Oma after Opa died?

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

7. What happens during the air raid drills in Annie's school?

8. What Bible verse strikes a particular cord with Annie and her imagination?

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

10. How does Annie start her insect collection?

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