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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 have his own practice.
(d) Annie's father should not be associating with Catholics.

3. Why does Annie sometimes feel shut out of her mother's life?
(a) Her mother's two groups of friends.
(b) Her mother is rarely home.
(c) Her mother's volunteer work.
(d) Her mother's frequent illnesses.

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

5. When Annie visits St. John's again, what does she bring to share?
(a) Oatmeal cookies and her books of maps.
(b) A photograph of Uncle Paul.
(c) A photograph of her family.
(d) Books about Europe.

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

7. 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) Visit soldiers.
(c) Buy some food.
(d) Inspect Uncle Paul's motorcyle.

8. Who has dinner almost ready when the Metcalfs arrive home from the train station?
(a) Friends.
(b) Aunt Felicia.
(c) Annie's grandmother.
(d) The housekeeper.

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. What was Annie doing when she learned that her uncle died?
(a) Walking around her neighborhood.
(b) Making raspberry jam with her grandmother.
(c) Baking cookies with her mother.
(d) Reading at the library.

14. 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 slips and almost falls.
(c) He has a cut on his hand.
(d) He cut himself shaving.

15. On Annie's second visit to St. John's, why does Annie go find her father?
(a) To tell him she met the severely burned patient.
(b) To tell him that Grandfather is not feeling well.
(c) She hadn't seen him since yesterday and wanted to talk with him.
(d) To ask him to take her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Annie runs away from one of the patients on her first visit to St. John's. Why does she go back?

2. What are Annie's favorite summer activities?

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

4. The first Saturday after her father arrives, Annie's father is already awake and gone. Why is Annie almost glad he isn't home?

5. What book is Grandfather reading to the soldiers?

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