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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, over the course of the summer, has Andrew's condition improved?

2. What does Andrew appreciate about Annie?

3. It is almost time for Annie's mother to return home. What season of the year is ending?

4. Why are Annie and her mother avoiding each other the evening after her mother returns from her trip?

5. What does Annie begin to realize about her mother and her mother's behavior after her second visit to St. John's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Annie and Emily put their differences behind them after Grandfather's heart attack?

2. Why do you think it is so important to Annie that Uncle Paul get a Purple Heart?

3. How was Andrew injured?

4. Why doesn't Annie spend much time reading to Timothy now that he can see again?

5. Why does Andrew tell Annie that her Uncle was not killed at Belleau Wood?

6. Grandfather has had a heart attack. How is Grandfather doing and what is the plan to help him get well?

7. Grandfather visits St. John's for the first time since his heart attack. Why does Annie's mother drive Annie and Grandfather to St. John's?

8. Why does Andrew need to go away soon?

9. Why was Ruth so pleased about the dinner invitation?

10. Do you think Annie was right to disobey her mother and visit St. John's again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Paul and Andrew. Write about their differences and similarities. How would the novel have been different if Uncle Paul had been wounded instead of killed?

Essay Topic 2

Miss Peterson, Emily, a trolley conductor, and even Mrs. Metcalf wish to forget the war and forget the men wounded in the war. Why do you think they don't honor the men for the sacrifices they made? Explain the reasons why the different characters might feel that way. Especially focus on the reasons why Mrs. Metcalf doesn't want to discuss the war. Did Mrs. Metcalf always hate the war? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Metcalf says that "all the treaties in the world won't end the war for [the soldiers]." What do you think Dr. Metcalf meant by that? List reasons why the war is not over for the wounded soldiers. Show incidents from the novel that show how the soldiers are still in a battle.

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