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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. Why does Annie spend a lot of time alone now that it is summer?
(a) Her interests are changing and she is growing away from her neighborhood friends.
(b) Annie has too many chores to do.
(c) Annie's best friends have moved away.
(d) Her neighborhood friends are too busy to spend time with her.

2. Why is Annie's mother concerned about Annie's decision to do something different this summer?
(a) She thinks Annie shouldn't visit the hospital.
(b) She thinks Annie will be bored.
(c) She doesn't think Annie can cook very well.
(d) She thinks Annie's friend is a bad influence.

3. During the Sunday School outing, what does Miss Peterson tell Annie?
(a) Annie's father should be working at the county hospital.
(b) That she is glad that Annie's father is working at St. John's.
(c) Annie's father should have his own practice.
(d) Annie's father should not be associating with Catholics.

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

5. What do Annie and her Sunday School class see on their outing?
(a) Wounded soldiers.
(b) Clowns juggling.
(c) Annie's pets.
(d) Broken Blossom, a movie starring Lillian Gish.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Annie's second visit to St. John's, who do Annie and her grandfather meet?

2. Where does Annie's father work?

3. On Annie's second visit to St. John's, what does Annie's grandfather do while she talks to one of the patients?

4. What incident do Annie and her father discuss regarding her first visit to the hospital?

5. When Annie and Mrs. Metcalf talk over breakfast the day after Dr. Metcalf returns home, what does Annie's mother say about what they saw at the train station?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Annie's feelings as she goes to meet her father at the train station.

2. Why doesn't Annie's mother want her to visit St. John's?

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

4. Why do you think Annie decides to go back to St. John's?

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

6. How did Annie and her mother get along while Dr. Metcalf was gone?

7. Describe the soldier Annie meets at the hospital during her first visit to St. John's.

8. How does Annie feel about her visit to St. John's?

9. In Chapter 3, why is Annie almost glad that her father is up and gone when she gets up in the morning?

10. Describe the two groups of soldiers that get off the train when Dr. Metcalf arrives.

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