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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie's father talk about in the evenings after work?
(a) Uncle Paul.
(b) Music, opera, and social issues.
(c) The nuns who run St. John's and the wounded soldiers.
(d) His experiences during the war.

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

3. How do Annie and her grandfather get to St. John's when Annie returns for a second visit?
(a) Grandfather drives his car.
(b) On the trolley.
(c) Annie's father takes them.
(d) They walk.

4. How did Annie and her mother get along while her father was gone?
(a) They argued constantly.
(b) They grew closer together.
(c) They were civil, but did not have a close relationship.
(d) They went their separate ways.

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

6. What does Annie's father want to discuss after dinner the day Annie visits St. John's for the first time?
(a) Why she ran away.
(b) About her experience at St. John's.
(c) What was her favorite part of her visit.
(d) Whether she will go back to visit.

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

8. 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.

9. In the evening after Annie's Sunday School outing, why do she and Father go over to Grandfather's house?
(a) Listen to a sermon.
(b) Inspect Uncle Paul's motorcyle.
(c) Buy some food.
(d) Visit soldiers.

10. During the Sunday School outing, what does Miss Peterson tell Annie?
(a) Annie's father should not be associating with Catholics.
(b) Annie's father should be working at the county hospital.
(c) That she is glad that Annie's father is working at St. John's.
(d) Annie's father should have his own practice.

11. Who are Mrs. Metcalf's second group of friends?
(a) Women who enjoy music and the arts.
(b) Mothers of Annie's school friends.
(c) Wives of doctors who work with Dr. Metcalf.
(d) Friends of Uncle Paul.

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

13. Who are Mrs. Metcalf's first group of friends?
(a) Friends from church.
(b) Women from the neighborhood.
(c) Other volunteers who work with her.
(d) Friends from the school she attended.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Annie enjoy her grandmother's home-cooked meals?

2. Why does Annie sometimes feel shut out of her mother's life?

3. What horrifies Annie at the train station?

4. Who are the grownups that greet Annie and her parents when they arrive home from the train station?

5. Who is Ruth?

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