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

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

3. What did Annie and her mother talk about during her father's absence?
(a) Uncle Paul.
(b) Routine things.
(c) What they would do after the war.
(d) The war.

4. When her father was gone, what time of day did Annie most miss her father?
(a) Morning at breakfast, when they discussed plans for the day.
(b) Lunches on Saturday when they would have picnics.
(c) Evening, when she would run to meet him after work.
(d) Afternoons when her father would pick her up from school.

5. What does the family do after dinner in Chapter 2?
(a) Sit on the front porch and also play croquet.
(b) Sing while Annie's mother plays the piano.
(c) Play checkers.
(d) Clean up the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Frances and Charlie?

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

3. What horrifies Annie at the train station?

4. Where did Annie's father serve during the war?

5. The next morning after father's return, what does Annie wish to discuss with her mother?

(see the answer key)

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