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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. After Annie's second visit to St. John's, what does she wonder about her mother's views?
(a) Why she and her mother don't spend more time together.
(b) Why her mother is so opposed to to St. John's and the men there.
(c) Why music is such a large part of her mother's life.
(d) Why her mother is so tired.

2. Although Annie is busy this summer and enjoying herself, why does she have times when she feels guilty?
(a) She doesn't have time to check on her grandparents home.
(b) She burned her father's dinner.
(c) She isn't getting all the chores done at home.
(d) She is visiting St. John's even though her mother ordered her not to go there.

3. What do Annie and her mother do when they get home after Annie's second visit to St. John's?
(a) Annie's mother plays the piano and Annie sings.
(b) Read together.
(c) They talk to Annie's grandmother.
(d) Eat supper silently.

4. Where did Uncle Paul die, according to Lieutenant McFarland?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Belleau Woods.
(c) Argonne Woods.
(d) Passchendaele Ridge.

5. Why doesn't Andrew's father visit him?
(a) He's handicapped and cannot visit Andrew.
(b) His car broke down.
(c) He can't bear to see Andrew's injuries.
(d) He didn't want Andrew to enlist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What grade is Annie in this school year?

3. On her third visit to St. John's, why does Annie try to apologize to Andrew?

4. Why is Annie's mother planning a trip the day after Annie's second visit to St. John's?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do you think Henry Cook told Annie to stop asking questions about her uncle's death?

5. Why does Andrew need to go away soon?

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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