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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. What does Ruth show Annie?
(a) Sheet music.
(b) Books about war.
(c) Her favorite poetry books.
(d) Maps.

2. Why does Ruth come over to Annie's house the evening after Annie visits St. John's for a second time?
(a) To give Annie another book.
(b) To talk with Annie's mother.
(c) To stay with Annie and her grandmother.
(d) To take Annie to see her father.

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

4. It is almost time for Annie's mother to return home. What season of the year is ending?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

5. What are Annie's favorite summer activities?
(a) Reading and visiting the library.
(b) Playing checkers with her grandfather.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Taking long walks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Annie and her mother getting along now that her mother and her grandparents have returned from their trip?

2. 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?

3. What do Annie and her grandfather discuss when they play checkers?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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