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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) Under their desks.
(b) In the basement of the school.
(c) In the school gymnasium.
(d) In the school hallways.

2. Why does Annie inherit the rock collection?
(a) The previous owner grew allergic to it.
(b) The previous owner no longer had time for it.
(c) It had grown too large for the previous owner.
(d) The previous owner was no longer interested in it.

3. What does cracked arsenic smell like?
(a) Ginger.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Almonds.

4. Which of the following rocks is Annie's favorite?
(a) Ruby granites.
(b) Dry red cinnabar.
(c) Pale oolite.
(d) Dark wavy serpentine.

5. What is the name of the Island where Annie and Father go to sell his boat?
(a) Golden Row Island.
(b) Hibiscus Island.
(c) Nine-Mile Island.
(d) Carnegie Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pastor of Annie's church?

2. What does Annie credit for luring her out of her troubled teenage years?

3. Which of the following is NOT an industry Pittsburgh is known for in the 1960's?

4. Where did the Carnegie family emigrate from?

5. How does Annie feel about the rock collection when she inherits it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Annie labeled a "troubled child" while in her teens?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who are Louis Pasteur and Jonas Salk?

10. What happens during Annie's last visit with Oma?

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