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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 doesn't Annie's mother wish to discuss the war or its aftermath?
(a) She is a pacifist and is against war.
(b) She thinks America should not have been involved in the war.
(c) Talking about the war reminds her of Uncle Paul's death.
(d) She doesn't like to think about the injured, dying, or dead soldiers.

2. About a week after Andrew's surgery, Annie goes to St. John's earlier than usual. What good news does she hear?
(a) Annie has been asked to volunteer at the hospital.
(b) Timothy has regained his sight.
(c) Annie has a job working at the library.
(d) There is a new treatment for Andrew's injuries.

3. Why does Ruth come over to Annie's house the evening after Annie visits St. John's for a second time?
(a) To talk with Annie's mother.
(b) To give Annie another book.
(c) To take Annie to see her father.
(d) To stay with Annie and her grandmother.

4. Why does Annie's mother finally allow Annie to continue visiting St. John's even though Annie lied when her mother was gone on her trip?
(a) Ruth convinces Annie's mother to allow Annie to visit.
(b) Annie's grandfather asks her to reconsider.
(c) Andrew calls Annie's mother and asks if she can visit again.
(d) Annie's father convinces her of the importance of Annie's visits to the soldiers.

5. After Annie's mother leaves on the trip with her grandparents, why is Annie nervous about telling her father she wants to go to St. John's?
(a) She is afraid that he will think she does not have time to visit.
(b) She is afraid he will not want her going to St. John's by herself.
(c) She is afraid he will not want her to visit.
(d) She is afraid that her mother told him that Annie is not allowed to visit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Annie begin to realize about her mother and her mother's behavior after her second visit to St. John's?

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

4. According to Ruth, why did Andrew, Uncle Paul, and other young men enlist in the war?

5. Why doesn't Annie visit the hospital a few days after she receives Grandfather's letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't starting high school scare Annie?

2. 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?

3. Why doesn't Annie go to Colorado?

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

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

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

7. When Annie learns her mother has returned, why do you think Andrew tells Annie to be "Gallant under fire"?

8. How do Annie and Emily put their differences behind them after Grandfather's heart attack?

9. Why does Andrew's father refuse to visit?

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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