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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. Why does Annie spend a lot of time alone now that it is summer?
(a) Annie has too many chores to do.
(b) Her neighborhood friends are too busy to spend time with her.
(c) Annie's best friends have moved away.
(d) Her interests are changing and she is growing away from her neighborhood friends.

2. Who are the grownups that greet Annie and her parents when they arrive home from the train station?
(a) Neighbors and the family minister.
(b) Grandfather, Grandmother, Aunt Felicia, Uncle Mark, and Uncle John.
(c) People Annie's father worked with before the war.
(d) Uncle Paul and his wife.

3. When Annie returns from the Sunday School outing, what does she tell her parents?
(a) That she wants a friend to come over.
(b) That she wants to visit the hospital again.
(c) That she doesn't want to attend Sunday School this summer.
(d) That she wants to cook the family's meals this summer.

4. How were most of the burned soldiers injured?
(a) Mustard gas.
(b) A bomb.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Exploding gas tanks.

5. Where would Annie's mother prefer that Annie's father work?
(a) Kansas City Memorial Hospital.
(b) His own private practice.
(c) St. John's Veterans Hospital.
(d) County Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Annie nervous about seeing her father again?

2. Who are Frances and Charlie?

3. What does Annie usually enjoy on the Fourth of July?

4. What did Annie's grandmother do when she heard that her son had died?

5. The newspaper is on the steps when Annie returns home from the Sunday School outing. What is the front page headline?

Short Essay Questions

1. What keeps Mrs. Metcalf so busy that Annie has learned to play alone or to spend time at her grandparents' home?

2. Why is Annie so disturbed when Father and Grandfather look at Uncle Paul's motorcycle?

3. In Chapter 3, why is Annie almost glad that her father is up and gone when she gets up in the morning?

4. Describe Dr. Metcalf's appearance the day after he returns home.

5. Why, if the war ended last year, does the newspaper run an article about a peace treaty?

6. Describe Ruth Sylvester.

7. What two events drew Annie and her Uncle Paul closer together? Why?

8. How were many soldiers burned?

9. How did Annie and her mother get along while Dr. Metcalf was gone?

10. Why does Annie have to help her Grandfather get off the trolley when she visits St. John's for a second time?

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