Let $f : R \rightarrow R$ be defined as $f ( x ) = \begin{cases} 2 \sin \left( - \frac { \pi x } { 2 } \right) , & \text { if } x < - 1 \\ \left| a x ^ { 2 } + x + b \right| , & \text { if } - 1 \leq x \leq 1 \\ \sin ( \pi x ) , & \text { if } x > 1 \end{cases}$ If $f ( x )$ is continuous on $R$, then $a + b$ equals :\\
(1) 1\\
(2) 3\\
(3) - 3\\
(4) - 1