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

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 listens to Annie and explains what was happening.
(b) She refuses to discuss the subject.
(c) She tells Annie to ask her father about the topic.
(d) She sends Annie to her room.

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

3. After their first dinner together with father and their guests leave, what do the Metcalfs do together?
(a) Annie and her father sit on the sofa while her mother plays the piano.
(b) Take a walk around the neighborhood.
(c) Fix a snack.
(d) Go to bed.

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

5. Who has dinner almost ready when the Metcalfs arrive home from the train station?
(a) Aunt Felicia.
(b) Friends.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) Annie's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Annie's father work?

2. What is Annie's mother's name?

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

4. When Annie's grandfather visits St. John's, what does he do?

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

(see the answer key)

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