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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 didn't Uncle Paul die in battle on June 6?
(a) He wasn't in France on June 6.
(b) He was in Britain on June 6.
(c) His unit didn't fight a battle until June 14.
(d) The army listed the wrong date in the telegram sent to Annie's family.

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

3. Annie runs away from one of the patients on her first visit to St. John's. Why does she go back?
(a) She thinks of something she would like to ask the soldier.
(b) She drops her book and goes back to get it.
(c) She tells her grandfather and he asks her to go back.
(d) Her father asks her to go back.

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

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) Write Uncle Paul's commanding officer.
(b) Look through Uncle Paul's belongings.
(c) Talk to other men in Uncle Paul's unit.
(d) Stop researching Uncle Paul's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Annie's mother and her Uncle John go the evening after Annie's second visit to St. John's?

2. After arguing with her mother about St. John's, Annie goes to her room to think. What interrupts Annie's thoughts?

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

4. Why does Ruth come over to Annie's house the evening after Annie visits St. John's for a second time?

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

(see the answer key)

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