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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie do each day now that her mother has been gone for a few days?
(a) Visit St. John's to see Andrew and help the nuns.
(b) Go to the library to see Ruth.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Visit friends.

2. What does Andrew tell Annie after talking to a soldier who served with Uncle Paul?
(a) Uncle Paul's unit was in action on June 6.
(b) Uncle Paul's unit was not in action until June 14, eight days after Uncle Paul died.
(c) Uncle Paul's unit was not in action the entire month of June.
(d) No one can remember when Uncle Paul's unit was in action.

3. The day after receiving Grandfather's letter, who does Annie meet at the hospital?
(a) Mr. Lewis, Timothy's father.
(b) Mrs. Crayton, Andrew's mother.
(c) Mrs. Lewis, Timothy's mother.
(d) Andrew's siblings.

4. What happens the evening after Annie's second visit to St. John's?
(a) Uncle John was in an accident.
(b) Annie's mother hurt her hand.
(c) Annie's father was in an accident.
(d) Annie's grandfather is very sick.

5. How are Annie and her mother getting along now that her mother and her grandparents have returned from their trip?
(a) They're planning on going to the hospital together.
(b) There is tension between them.
(c) Their relationship is better than it ever has been.
(d) They are glad to be back together.

6. On Annie's third visit to St. John's, who do Annie and Andrew talk about?
(a) Timothy.
(b) Annie's mother.
(c) Uncle Paul.
(d) Annie's grandfather.

7. Why does Annie's mother not want Annie to visit St. John's for a third time?
(a) She does not want Annie exposed to all the ugliness.
(b) Because Annie needs to go to Bible School.
(c) She doesn't think Annie will be able to get all her chores done.
(d) Because Annie is supposed to be helping Grandmother.

8. Why didn't Andrew enjoy going to school when he was a boy?
(a) His best friend went to a different school.
(b) He got bad grades.
(c) He didn't like sitting still.
(d) He didn't like his teachers.

9. Why are Annie's days a flurry of activity now that her mother has been gone for awhile?
(a) She is taking a summer school class.
(b) She helps Ruth at the library.
(c) She has many chores to do at home and she visits Andrew every day.
(d) She gets together with friends every day.

10. How does Annie's father learn how Uncle Paul died?
(a) Andrew tells him.
(b) Annie tells him.
(c) Timothy tells him.
(d) Grandfather tells him.

11. Where is Andrew's home?
(a) An apartment building downtown.
(b) Near Aunt Felicia's house.
(c) A farm in a nearby town.
(d) A house near Annie's neighborhood.

12. What medal did Andrew receive?
(a) A letter of commendation.
(b) Distinguished Service Medal.
(c) Purple Heart.
(d) Bronze Star.

13. What did a soldier tell Annie's family when he informed them that Uncle Paul had died?
(a) Uncle Paul was wounded by friendly fire.
(b) Uncle Paul was captured by the Germans and killed.
(c) Uncle Paul was a hero and an example for his men.
(d) Uncle Paul was a deserter.

14. Why do Annie and her father visit St. John's in the evening a couple days after Grandfather writes Annie?
(a) Annie's father has to care for a dying patient.
(b) There is an emergency at the hospital.
(c) To visit Timothy.
(d) To talk with Andrew.

15. About a week after Andrew's surgery, to whom does Andrew introduce Annie?
(a) Andrew's father.
(b) A soldier who served with Uncle Paul.
(c) A soldier from Andrew's unit.
(d) The doctor who performed Andrew's surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What reunites Annie and her mother after their argument when Annie's mother returned from her trip?

3. Why, over the course of the summer, has Andrew's condition improved?

4. Before the dinner party, what does Ruth encourage Annie to do?

5. The morning after Annie's second visit to St. John's, what news do Annie and her grandmother learn?

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