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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ruth?
(a) Annie's mother's friend and a librarian.
(b) Annie's mother's friend and a muscian.
(c) A friend of Annie's grandmother.
(d) The mother of one of Annie's school friends.

2. What happens when Uncle Paul visits one evening and Mrs. Metcalf is gone?
(a) He takes Annie to get ice cream.
(b) He and Annie go for a walk in the park.
(c) He goes back home.
(d) He and Annie go for a ride on his motorcycle.

3. As Annie gets ready to leave St. John's after her second visit, what behavior bothers her and her grandfather?
(a) The weather.
(b) That Annie has to leave so soon.
(c) How rudely Annie's mother acts.
(d) Andrew's terrible burns.

4. Where would Annie's mother prefer that Annie's father work?
(a) County Hospital.
(b) St. John's Veterans Hospital.
(c) Kansas City Memorial Hospital.
(d) His own private practice.

5. When Annie's grandfather visits St. John's, what does he do?
(a) Reads.
(b) Sings.
(c) Changes bandages.
(d) Prays.

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

7. How does Annie's mother react to what she sees at the train station?
(a) She starts an argument.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She is disturbed to see all the wounded soldiers.
(d) She decides to help the wounded soldiers.

8. What do Mrs. Metcalf and her second group of friends like to do?
(a) Sit on the front porch and laugh and sing.
(b) Knit and crochet.
(c) Raise money for wounded soldiers.
(d) Attend operas and plays.

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

10. Where does the Sunday School class go next?
(a) Blair's Ice Cream and Candy Parlor.
(b) To Miss Peterson's house.
(c) To a restaurant.
(d) Back to the church.

11. What is Annie's mother's name?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Kayla.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Kelly.

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

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

14. When Annie returns from the Sunday School outing, what does she tell her parents?
(a) That she wants to visit the hospital again.
(b) That she doesn't want to attend Sunday School this summer.
(c) That she wants a friend to come over.
(d) That she wants to cook the family's meals this summer.

15. What do Mrs. Metcalf and her first group of friends like to do?
(a) Persuade other women to volunteer to help wounded soldiers.
(b) Bake elaborate desserts.
(c) Discuss books they've read.
(d) Work for women's rights and other political and social issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the mayor's big announcement on the Fourth of July, why don't Father and Ruth want to see the plans?

2. What does Annie's Sunday School teacher find disgusting?

3. How does Annie's mother feel about Grandfather's volunteer work at St. John's?

4. Who are Mrs. Metcalf's second group of friends?

5. Where does Annie's father work?

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