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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. On Annie's third visit to St. John's, how does Andrew respond when Annie attempts to apologize?
(a) He gets angry.
(b) He tells her not to worry about what happened.
(c) He dismisses her apology.
(d) He struggles to hold back tears.

2. Mrs. Crayton visits Annie after school begins. What does she give Annie?
(a) A pre-war photograph of Andrew.
(b) A novel Annie has been wanting to read.
(c) Candy.
(d) A book of maps.

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

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

5. Why can't Annie hide the fact that she's been visiting St. John's from her mother any longer?
(a) Annie's father informs her mother that Annie has been at the hospital.
(b) Someone calls her mother and tells her that Annie has been at the hospital.
(c) Her mother is home.
(d) A neighbor tells Annie's mother that Annie has been at the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Annie and her father visit St. John's in the evening a couple days after Grandfather writes Annie?

2. Why does Annie's mother not want Annie to visit St. John's for a third time?

3. Why is the date of Uncle Paul's death in question?

4. What medal did Andrew receive?

5. Why does Annie write a letter to her grandfather after her third visit to St. John's?

Short Essay Questions

1. The evening Annie and her father visit St. John's in the evening, what makes Annie's father realize how much she has grown since he has been gone?

2. What does Annie realize about her mother and the war?

3. Annie's father is called out to St. John's one evening. As Annie gets ready to leave St. John's, Andrew kisses her goodbye. How did Andrew's kiss affect Annie?

4. Why doesn't Annie go to Colorado?

5. Why do you think it is so important to Annie that Uncle Paul get a Purple Heart?

6. Grandfather visits St. John's for the first time since his heart attack. Why does Annie's mother drive Annie and Grandfather to St. John's?

7. Why doesn't Annie spend much time reading to Timothy now that he can see again?

8. Why are Dr. and Mrs. Metcalf angry when they discuss Annie's visits to St. John's?

9. Why does Annie run when she learn how Uncle Paul died?

10. What does Annie find when she looks for Uncle Paul's Purple Heart?

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