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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Annie's mother finally allow Annie to continue visiting St. John's even though Annie lied when her mother was gone on her trip?
(a) Andrew calls Annie's mother and asks if she can visit again.
(b) Annie's grandfather asks her to reconsider.
(c) Annie's father convinces her of the importance of Annie's visits to the soldiers.
(d) Ruth convinces Annie's mother to allow Annie to visit.

2. On her third visit to St. John's, why does Annie try to apologize to Andrew?
(a) Because she ran away the first day she met him.
(b) Because her mother was so rude.
(c) Because she forgot to bring cookies.
(d) Because she didn't bring anything to read to him.

3. According to Annie, what did Uncle Paul earn for his service in the Army?
(a) A commendation.
(b) Medals for courage.
(c) A Purple Heart.
(d) An Iron Cross.

4. Why are Annie and her mother avoiding each other the evening after her mother returns from her trip?
(a) Because Annie ruined her mother's rose garden.
(b) Because of their disagreement over Annie's visits to the hospital.
(c) Because Annie's mother won't allow her to visit friends.
(d) Because Annie spilled water on her mother's piano.

5. How will Annie find out if the surgery is a success?
(a) She will find out when she visits again.
(b) One of the nuns will call her after the surgery.
(c) Her father will call her from the hospital.
(d) Timothy will call her after the surgery.

6. After arguing with her mother about St. John's, Annie goes to her room to think. What interrupts Annie's thoughts?
(a) Her mother's voice and noises in the house.
(b) Her mother asks her to listen to a new piece of music.
(c) Her grandmother comes over.
(d) Her father comes home.

7. What grade is Annie in this school year?
(a) Tenth Grade.
(b) Eighth grade.
(c) Ninth grade.
(d) Eleventh grade.

8. After Grandfather sends a letter about Uncle Paul's medals, what does Annie decide to do?
(a) Learn more about Uncle Paul's death and the missing medal.
(b) Learn more about Andrew's service record.
(c) Learn how Timothy was injured.
(d) Continue visting St. John's.

9. What does Annie begin to realize about her mother and her mother's behavior after her second visit to St. John's?
(a) Her mother needs to talk about the war.
(b) Her mother ignores things that are unpleasant.
(c) Her mother's dislike of anything that relates to the war must influence her mother's behavior.
(d) Her mother is irrational.

10. What will be done for Timothy's condition soon?
(a) He will have an operation.
(b) His bandages will be removed.
(c) He will learn Braille.
(d) The doctors will use a new salve on his eyes.

11. What does one of the soldiers from Uncle Paul's unit advise Annie to do when she meets him about a week after Andrew's surgery?
(a) Look through Uncle Paul's belongings.
(b) Stop researching Uncle Paul's death.
(c) Write Uncle Paul's commanding officer.
(d) Talk to other men in Uncle Paul's unit.

12. What does Andrew tell Annie about researching Uncle Paul's death?
(a) To have her father help her research Uncle Paul's death.
(b) That she will need to contact Uncle Paul's commanding officer for more information.
(c) That it may be difficult to find out what really happened.
(d) She may learn some unpleasant news about Uncle Paul's death.

13. How did Annie's friendship help Andrew?
(a) She encouraged friends to visit Andrew.
(b) She helped him to be able to look in a mirror again.
(c) She persuaded her father to help him get a job.
(d) She helped him to become more self-confident and take chances again.

14. Why does Ruth come over to Annie's house the evening after Annie visits St. John's for a second time?
(a) To give Annie another book.
(b) To take Annie to see her father.
(c) To talk with Annie's mother.
(d) To stay with Annie and her grandmother.

15. Annie is back in school now. Where is Andrew going soon?
(a) To work in a veteran's hospital in Topeka.
(b) To his grandparents' home.
(c) Back to school.
(d) To work for his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Annie hide the fact that she's been visiting St. John's from her mother any longer?

2. On Annie's third visit to St. John's, how does Andrew respond when Annie attempts to apologize?

3. Although Annie is busy this summer and enjoying herself, why does she have times when she feels guilty?

4. After Annie's mother leaves on the trip with her grandparents, why is Annie nervous about telling her father she wants to go to St. John's?

5. Annie is allowed to visit St. John's again, but now Andrew is busy. What is Andrew doing at the hospital that keeps him busy?

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