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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Annie doing when she learned that her uncle died?
(a) Reading at the library.
(b) Making raspberry jam with her grandmother.
(c) Baking cookies with her mother.
(d) Walking around her neighborhood.

2. 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 she and her mother went shopping.
(d) The day her grandfather died.

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

4. Wounded soldiers arrive on the same train with Dr. Metcalf. Where are they going?
(a) Kansas City Memorial Hospital.
(b) To their homes.
(c) A convalescent home.
(d) St. John's Veterans Hospital.

5. Where did Annie's father serve during the war?
(a) New York City.
(b) France.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Dr. Metcalf arrives on the train, who drives home from the station?

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

3. Why do the Metcalfs need to shop for clothes the day after Dr. Metcalf returns home?

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

5. Why is Annie nervous about seeing her father again?

(see the answer key)

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