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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Annie and Mrs. Metcalf talk over breakfast the day after Dr. Metcalf returns home, what does Annie's mother say about what they saw at the train station?
(a) She sends Annie to her room.
(b) She tells Annie to ask her father about the topic.
(c) She refuses to discuss the subject.
(d) She listens to Annie and explains what was happening.

2. After Dr. Metcalf arrives on the train, who drives home from the station?
(a) Annie's grandparents.
(b) Annie's mother.
(c) Annie's father.
(d) Annie.

3. Who are Mrs. Metcalf's first group of friends?
(a) Friends from the school she attended.
(b) Women from the neighborhood.
(c) Friends from church.
(d) Other volunteers who work with her.

4. While Annie waits for her father at the train station, what images does Annie keep seeing even though she closes her eyes?
(a) The look on her father's face when he first saw her.
(b) The accident outside the station.
(c) What she will have for dinner when they get home.
(d) The wounded men she saw at the station.

5. How does Annie's mother react to what she sees at the train station?
(a) She is disturbed to see all the wounded soldiers.
(b) She starts an argument.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She decides to help the wounded soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Annie and her mother get along while her father was gone?

2. The first Saturday after her father arrives, Annie's father is already awake and gone. Why is Annie almost glad he isn't home?

3. What did Annie and her mother talk about during her father's absence?

4. What does Annie do when her mother is working or playing the piano?

5. Who is the main character?

(see the answer key)

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