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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. Why does Annie's mother not want Annie to visit St. John's for a third time?
(a) She doesn't think Annie will be able to get all her chores done.
(b) She does not want Annie exposed to all the ugliness.
(c) Because Annie is supposed to be helping Grandmother.
(d) Because Annie needs to go to Bible School.

2. Why is Annie's mother planning a trip the day after Annie's second visit to St. John's?
(a) She had an argument with Annie's father.
(b) She needs more books from the library.
(c) She and Grandmother will take Grandfather on a trip to recuperate.
(d) She has an invitation to play a new piece of music at a concert.

3. What does Annie's father talk about in the evenings after work?
(a) Uncle Paul.
(b) His experiences during the war.
(c) Music, opera, and social issues.
(d) The nuns who run St. John's and the wounded soldiers.

4. What does Annie begin to realize about her mother and her mother's behavior after her second visit to St. John's?
(a) Her mother needs to talk about the war.
(b) Her mother ignores things that are unpleasant.
(c) Her mother's dislike of anything that relates to the war must influence her mother's behavior.
(d) Her mother is irrational.

5. The morning after Annie's second visit to St. John's, what news do Annie and her grandmother learn?
(a) Annie's grandfather died at the hospital.
(b) Annie's father is very sick.
(c) Annie's grandfather has cancer.
(d) Annie's grandfather has had a heart attack, but will live.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Annie hide the fact that she's been visiting St. John's from her mother any longer?

2. The day after Annie visits St. John's for a second time, Annie's mother decides to take a trip. Where is she going?

3. After Annie's second visit to St. John's, what does she wonder about her mother's views?

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

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

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