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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Annie's father serve during the war?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) New York City.

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

3. When does Chapter 3 take place?
(a) The middle of the night when Annie is awakened by her parents' voices.
(b) The next evening.
(c) The morning after Annie's father returns.
(d) Three days after Annie's father returns.

4. Who takes Annie to St. John's the first time she visits?
(a) Aunt Felicia.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Annie's grandmother changed since Uncle Paul died?

2. Where does Annie live?

3. What does Annie's father talk about in the evenings after work?

4. The next morning after father's return, what does Annie wish to discuss with her mother?

5. Who has Annie's grandfather been visiting at St. John's Hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Annie think she knows how much her mother missed Dr. Metcalf?

2. Why does Annie become angry with Miss Peterson and Emily?

3. Describe Dr. Metcalf's appearance the day after he returns home.

4. Why is Annie so bothered by the wounded soldiers she saw at the train station?

5. Why, if the war ended last year, does the newspaper run an article about a peace treaty?

6. What keeps Mrs. Metcalf so busy that Annie has learned to play alone or to spend time at her grandparents' home?

7. Who is Timothy Lewis?

8. Why does Annie wish to visit St. John's?

9. How do Annie, her family, and Ruth feel about the new war monument?

10. What are Annie's activities when summer comes?

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