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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Annie's mother feel about Grandfather's volunteer work at St. John's?
(a) She is glad and drives him whenever he needs a ride.
(b) She does not approve.
(c) She thinks it is an excellent cause and sometimes volunteers herself.
(d) She asks him if she can do the same type of volunteer work.

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

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?
(a) Annie appreciates his motorcycle.
(b) Annie likes the songs he sings.
(c) Annie bakes good cookies.
(d) Annie appreciates his music.

4. Which army used the agent that injured the soldiers?
(a) The American army.
(b) The German army.
(c) The French army.
(d) Both armies.

5. Why does Andrew not say goodbye to Annie as she leaves after visiting the hospital for a second time?
(a) He is upset by how rudely Mrs. Metcalf treated him.
(b) He does not want to see Annie leave.
(c) He did not realize she was leaving so soon.
(d) Someone has called him to come back inside.

6. What do Annie and her Sunday School class see on their outing?
(a) Broken Blossom, a movie starring Lillian Gish.
(b) Annie's pets.
(c) Clowns juggling.
(d) Wounded soldiers.

7. On the way home from the train station, what day does Annie remember?
(a) The day she and her mother went shopping.
(b) The day the family learned that Uncle Paul had died.
(c) The day her grandfather died.
(d) The day her father left.

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

9. 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) Neighbors and the family minister.
(c) Uncle Paul and his wife.
(d) People Annie's father worked with before the war.

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

11. Wounded soldiers arrive on the same train with Dr. Metcalf. Where are they going?
(a) Kansas City Memorial Hospital.
(b) To their homes.
(c) A convalescent home.
(d) St. John's Veterans Hospital.

12. What does Annie do when her mother is working or playing the piano?
(a) Writes in her journal.
(b) Plays with friends.
(c) Visits her grandparents or plays alone.
(d) Plays duets with her mother.

13. Where did Annie's father serve during the war?
(a) New York City.
(b) France.
(c) Britain.
(d) Kansas City.

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

15. What are Annie's favorite summer activities?
(a) Reading and visiting the library.
(b) Playing checkers with her grandfather.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Taking long walks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Annie and her mother talk about during her father's absence?

2. Where would Annie's mother prefer that Annie's father work?

3. During Annie's second visit to St. John's, who do Annie and her grandfather meet?

4. After Annie's second visit to St. John's, who comes to take her home?

5. Who is the main character?

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