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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. Annie is meeting her father at the station. Who else would Annie like to be meeting at the train station?
(a) Her brother.
(b) A cousin who served in the war.
(c) Uncle Paul.
(d) Her grandparents.

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

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

10. 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.

11. Why is Annie nervous about seeing her father again?
(a) She is afraid that he doesn't love her mother anymore.
(b) She is afraid he won't recognize her.
(c) She is afraid that she will be in trouble for things she did while he was gone.
(d) She is afraid that he will be changed by the war.

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

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

14. Grandfather and Dr. Metcalf are out walking the morning after Dr. Metcalf's return. Why does Grandfather tell Dr. Metcalf he is a brave man?
(a) Because Dr. Metcalf said no to a dinner party Mrs. Metcalf wished to have.
(b) Dr. Metcalf is buying another car.
(c) Dr. Metcalf has accepted a job that Mrs. Metcalf does not approve of.
(d) Dr. Metcalf did not buy Mrs. Metcalf a gift when he came home.

15. Annie runs away from one of the patients on her first visit to St. John's. Why does she go back?
(a) She thinks of something she would like to ask the soldier.
(b) Her father asks her to go back.
(c) She tells her grandfather and he asks her to go back.
(d) She drops her book and goes back to get it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Annie's mother concerned about Annie's decision to do something different this summer?

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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