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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character?
(a) Annie Metcalf.
(b) Angela Martin.
(c) Alexandra Mooney.
(d) Abigail McBride.

2. How does Annie celebrate the Fourth of July this summer?
(a) Visiting the hospital.
(b) At a picnic in the park with her family and other families.
(c) Singing the national anthem with friends and neighbors.
(d) Watching the fireworks from their backyard.

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

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 is disturbed to see all the wounded soldiers.
(d) She starts an argument.

5. Who takes Annie to St. John's the first time she visits?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her father.
(c) Aunt Felicia.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

8. After Annie's second visit to St. John's, who comes to take her home?
(a) Annie's mother.
(b) Miss Peterson.
(c) Annie's grandmother.
(d) Annie's father.

9. What did Annie's grandmother do when she heard that her son had died?
(a) Scrubbed the kitchen floor.
(b) Played sad songs on the piano.
(c) Stayed in her room grieving for several days.
(d) Went to talk with a friend.

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

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

12. Why is Annie's mother concerned about Annie's decision to do something different this summer?
(a) She thinks Annie's friend is a bad influence.
(b) She thinks Annie shouldn't visit the hospital.
(c) She doesn't think Annie can cook very well.
(d) She thinks Annie will be bored.

13. What happens when Uncle Paul visits one evening and Mrs. Metcalf is gone?
(a) He and Annie go for a walk in the park.
(b) He takes Annie to get ice cream.
(c) He goes back home.
(d) He and Annie go for a ride on his motorcycle.

14. Why is Annie concerned about her grandfather as they begin the journey to go to St. John's for a second time?
(a) He has a cut on his hand.
(b) He slips and almost falls.
(c) He is unsteady and breathing hard.
(d) He cut himself shaving.

15. What is the Mayor's announcement on the Fourth of July?
(a) The city is buying a fire engine.
(b) A monument will be built to honor the soliders.
(c) They need volunteers to visit injured soldiers.
(d) The fireworks will begin after dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way home from her first visit to St. John's, why is Annie glad that Grandfather and Father are ignoring her?

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

3. The first evening Annie spends alone with her uncle, he tells her that she is "a person of taste." Why does he say that?

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

5. While Annie waits for her father at the train station, what images does Annie keep seeing even though she closes her eyes?

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