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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Annie feel about staying home and not going on a trip with Mother and her grandparents?
(a) She is lonely.
(b) She is sad.
(c) She is angry that she was not allowed to go.
(d) She is pleased.

2. When her father was gone, what time of day did Annie most miss her father?
(a) Lunches on Saturday when they would have picnics.
(b) Afternoons when her father would pick her up from school.
(c) Morning at breakfast, when they discussed plans for the day.
(d) Evening, when she would run to meet him after work.

3. What did Annie's grandmother do when she heard that her son had died?
(a) Scrubbed the kitchen floor.
(b) Went to talk with a friend.
(c) Played sad songs on the piano.
(d) Stayed in her room grieving for several days.

4. During Annie's second visit to St. John's, who do Annie and her grandfather meet?
(a) One of the nuns.
(b) A priest at the hospital.
(c) Andrew Clayton, the man with the severe burns.
(d) Timothy Lewis, the man who is blind.

5. How were most of the burned soldiers injured?
(a) Mustard gas.
(b) Grenades.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Exploding gas tanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Annie's third visit to St. John's, who do Annie and Andrew talk about?

2. Where did Uncle Paul die, according to Lieutenant McFarland?

3. 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?

4. What did Annie and her mother talk about during her father's absence?

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

(see the answer key)

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