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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the days pass since her grandparents and mother left, what does Annie begin to dread?
(a) Visiting Andrew and Timothy.
(b) The beginning of another school year.
(c) Her mother's return.
(d) Learning more about Uncle Paul's death.

2. Why, over the course of the summer, has Andrew's condition improved?
(a) The doctors are finding better ways to treat his condition.
(b) The camaraderie of his fellow soldiers is helping him to have a more positive attitude.
(c) His friendship with Annie.
(d) His father visits daily.

3. After Annie's second visit to St. John's, what does she wonder about her mother's views?
(a) Why music is such a large part of her mother's life.
(b) Why she and her mother don't spend more time together.
(c) Why her mother is so opposed to to St. John's and the men there.
(d) Why her mother is so tired.

4. After arguing with her mother about St. John's, Annie goes to her room to think. What interrupts Annie's thoughts?
(a) Her mother's voice and noises in the house.
(b) Her father comes home.
(c) Her grandmother comes over.
(d) Her mother asks her to listen to a new piece of music.

5. What does one of the soldiers from Uncle Paul's unit advise Annie to do when she meets him about a week after Andrew's surgery?
(a) Stop researching Uncle Paul's death.
(b) Write Uncle Paul's commanding officer.
(c) Talk to other men in Uncle Paul's unit.
(d) Look through Uncle Paul's belongings.

Short Answer Questions

1. About a week after Andrew's surgery, Annie goes to St. John's earlier than usual. What good news does she hear?

2. The morning after Annie's second visit to St. John's, what news do Annie and her grandmother learn?

3. Why does Annie's mother not want Annie to visit St. John's for a third time?

4. Why doesn't Annie's mother wish to discuss the war or its aftermath?

5. Why didn't Andrew enjoy going to school when he was a boy?

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