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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Annie's father do during the war?
(a) Served as a physician treating wounded soldiers.
(b) Served as an ambulance driver.
(c) Served as an army officer in Europe.
(d) Served as an airplane pilot.

2. Who are the grownups that greet Annie and her parents when they arrive home from the train station?
(a) Grandfather, Grandmother, Aunt Felicia, Uncle Mark, and Uncle John.
(b) Uncle Paul and his wife.
(c) Neighbors and the family minister.
(d) People Annie's father worked with before the war.

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

4. Where would Annie's mother prefer that Annie's father work?
(a) Kansas City Memorial Hospital.
(b) County Hospital.
(c) St. John's Veterans Hospital.
(d) His own private practice.

5. Why does Annie spend a lot of time alone now that it is summer?
(a) Her interests are changing and she is growing away from her neighborhood friends.
(b) Annie has too many chores to do.
(c) Annie's best friends have moved away.
(d) Her neighborhood friends are too busy to spend time with her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Mrs. Metcalf's second group of friends?

3. Who are Mrs. Metcalf's first group of friends?

4. How does Annie's mother react to what she sees at the train station?

5. When does Chapter 3 take place?

(see the answer key)

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