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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Uncle Paul invite Annie to go with him on one night in June?
(a) A musical.
(b) A movie.
(c) The opera.
(d) A Shakespearean play.

2. Why do the Metcalfs need to shop for clothes the day after Dr. Metcalf returns home?
(a) Dr. Metcalf's luggage got lost on the train.
(b) Dr. Metcalf has lost weight.
(c) Dr. Metcalf has gained weight.
(d) Dr. Metcalf needs more uniforms for work.

3. Where does Annie live?
(a) Wichita.
(b) New York City.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Grand Island.

4. What did Annie's grandfather do when he heard his son had died?
(a) Punched his fist through a wall.
(b) Did not talk for two days.
(c) Went for a long walk.
(d) Chopped wood for an hour.

5. What do Annie and her grandfather discuss when they play checkers?
(a) What Annie would like to do when she grows up.
(b) Uncle Paul.
(c) His experiences visiting the soldiers at St. John's.
(d) Annie's father.

6. The newspaper is on the steps when Annie returns home from the Sunday School outing. What is the front page headline?
(a) President Wilson to Visit Kansas City.
(b) Vice President Marshall to Visit Kansas City.
(c) World Peace Signed and Sealed at Versailles.
(d) War Monument Donations at 90%.

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

8. Who are Frances and Charlie?
(a) The dog and cat.
(b) Uncle Paul's children.
(c) Annie's friends from the neighborhood.
(d) Annie's cousins.

9. Why is Annie so interested in the things that Ruth shows her?
(a) She enjoys poetry.
(b) She is fascinated by foreign-sounding names and exotic places that she might visit.
(c) She loves to read.
(d) She wants to know more about the war.

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

11. What does Annie's Sunday School teacher find disgusting?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The food that gets spilled on the floor.
(c) Annie's ice cream.
(d) The disfigured and injured men.

12. 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 look on her father's face when he first saw her.
(c) What she will have for dinner when they get home.
(d) The wounded men she saw at the station.

13. The first evening Annie spends alone with her uncle, he tells her that she is "a person of taste." Why does he say that?
(a) Annie bakes good cookies.
(b) Annie appreciates his music.
(c) Annie appreciates his motorcycle.
(d) Annie likes the songs he sings.

14. How does Mrs. Metcalf spend most of her days?
(a) Designing and sewing clothing.
(b) Visiting wounded soldiers.
(c) Writing novels.
(d) Writing and playing piano music.

15. What does Ruth show Annie?
(a) Maps.
(b) Books about war.
(c) Her favorite poetry books.
(d) Sheet music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Annie's dog?

2. Why, on her first visit to St. John's, does Annie run away when she meets a patient?

3. As Annie gets ready to leave St. John's after her second visit, what behavior bothers her and her grandfather?

4. What was Annie doing when she learned that her uncle died?

5. 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?

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