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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Annie enjoy the fireworks on the Fourth of July?
(a) She doesn't like the noise the fireworks make.
(b) She doesn't have a good view of the fireworks.
(c) The fireworks are not as spectacular as usual.
(d) She dreads the visit she will make with her grandfather to St. John's.

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

5. How will Annie spend her time this summer?
(a) Visting the hospital with Miss Peterson.
(b) Some place other than Bible School.
(c) At Miss Peterson's house.
(d) Bible School.

6. After Dr. Metcalf arrives on the train, who drives home from the station?
(a) Annie's grandparents.
(b) Annie's mother.
(c) Annie.
(d) Annie's father.

7. After the mayor's big announcement on the Fourth of July, why don't Father and Ruth want to see the plans?
(a) They think the new fire engine is too expensive.
(b) They have already seen the plans.
(c) They think the monument will glorify the unnecessary loss of lives.
(d) They think too many people will come to the hospital.

8. How has Annie's grandmother changed since Uncle Paul died?
(a) She cleans the house more frequently.
(b) Annie's grandmother used to sing all the time and be in a good mood.
(c) She cries frequently.
(d) She has more time for charity work.

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

10. When Miss Peterson makes insensitive comments during the Sunday School class outing, who does Annie defend?
(a) The injured men and her father.
(b) The employees where they are eating.
(c) Her Sunday School class.
(d) The kids who spilled food on the floor.

11. While Annie waits for her father at the train station, what images does Annie keep seeing even though she closes her eyes?
(a) The look on her father's face when he first saw her.
(b) The wounded men she saw at the station.
(c) What she will have for dinner when they get home.
(d) The accident outside the station.

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

13. How were most of the burned soldiers injured?
(a) Exploding gas tanks.
(b) Grenades.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Mustard gas.

14. During Annie's second visit to St. John's, who do Annie and her grandfather meet?
(a) A priest at the hospital.
(b) One of the nuns.
(c) Andrew Clayton, the man with the severe burns.
(d) Timothy Lewis, the man who is blind.

15. What incident do Annie and her father discuss regarding her first visit to the hospital?
(a) Why she ran away.
(b) Annie's encounter with the man with the burned face.
(c) What she had for lunch.
(d) What she is going to do later in the week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mrs. Metcalf and her second group of friends like to do?

2. How do Annie and her grandfather get to St. John's when Annie returns for a second visit?

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

4. What are Annie's favorite summer activities?

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

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