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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Annie and her mother get along while her father was gone?
(a) They were civil, but did not have a close relationship.
(b) They argued constantly.
(c) They went their separate ways.
(d) They grew closer together.

2. The first evening Annie spends alone with her uncle, he tells her that she is "a person of taste." Why does he say that?
(a) Annie likes the songs he sings.
(b) Annie appreciates his motorcycle.
(c) Annie bakes good cookies.
(d) Annie appreciates his music.

3. On the way home from the train station, what day does Annie remember?
(a) The day the family learned that Uncle Paul had died.
(b) The day her father left.
(c) The day her grandfather died.
(d) The day she and her mother went shopping.

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

5. What horrifies Annie at the train station?
(a) A fight between two soldiers.
(b) A terrible accident at the station.
(c) Seeing Uncle Paul's body.
(d) The wounded men and their blank stares.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Annie's grandfather been visiting at St. John's Hospital?

2. Who are the grownups that greet Annie and her parents when they arrive home from the train station?

3. Who has dinner almost ready when the Metcalfs arrive home from the train station?

4. Annie runs away from one of the patients on her first visit to St. John's. Why does she go back?

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

(see the answer key)

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