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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, over the course of the summer, has Andrew's condition improved?
(a) His friendship with Annie.
(b) The camaraderie of his fellow soldiers is helping him to have a more positive attitude.
(c) His father visits daily.
(d) The doctors are finding better ways to treat his condition.

2. 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 father comes home.
(c) Her mother asks her to listen to a new piece of music.
(d) Her mother's voice and noises in the house.

3. Before Grandfather goes on the trip with Grandmother and Annie's mother, why does Annie tell him not to worry?
(a) She will look after the chickens.
(b) She will be fine at home alone.
(c) She will visit Timothy and read to him.
(d) She will write him frequently.

4. What bothers Andrew about the special celebration to be held on Armistice Day?
(a) That veterans from St. John's are not asked to participate.
(b) That he has to participate in the celebration.
(c) That Timothy will not be there to celebrate with them.
(d) That it is his last day in Kansas City.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Annie's father learn how Uncle Paul died?

2. How will Annie find out if the surgery is a success?

3. What does Andrew tell Annie after talking to a soldier who served with Uncle Paul?

4. Why is Annie happy when she goes home the evening that she and Father go to St. John's?

5. After Annie learns how Uncle Paul died, why does she feel guilty?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was it so important to Annie that Uncle Paul had listened to her?

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

4. Do you think Annie was right to disobey her mother and visit St. John's again?

5. What do Mrs. Metcalf and Annie find unfair about everything that has happened concerning Uncle Paul's death and how he died?

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

7. Why does Andrew tell Annie that her Uncle was not killed at Belleau Wood?

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

9. Grandfather has had a heart attack. How is Grandfather doing and what is the plan to help him get well?

10. 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?

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