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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book is Grandfather reading to the soldiers?
(a) The Last of the Mohicans.
(b) Leatherstocking Tales.
(c) Ivanhoe.
(d) Kenilworth.

2. On the way home from the train station, what day does Annie remember?
(a) The day the family learned that Uncle Paul had died.
(b) The day her grandfather died.
(c) The day she and her mother went shopping.
(d) The day her father left.

3. Who are the grownups that greet Annie and her parents when they arrive home from the train station?
(a) Neighbors and the family minister.
(b) People Annie's father worked with before the war.
(c) Uncle Paul and his wife.
(d) Grandfather, Grandmother, Aunt Felicia, Uncle Mark, and Uncle John.

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

5. How do Annie and her grandfather get to St. John's when Annie returns for a second visit?
(a) Annie's father takes them.
(b) Grandfather drives his car.
(c) On the trolley.
(d) They walk.

6. What did Annie and her mother talk about during her father's absence?
(a) Routine things.
(b) The war.
(c) What they would do after the war.
(d) Uncle Paul.

7. When Annie returns from the Sunday School outing, what does she tell her parents?
(a) That she wants to visit the hospital again.
(b) That she doesn't want to attend Sunday School this summer.
(c) That she wants a friend to come over.
(d) That she wants to cook the family's meals this summer.

8. On Annie's second visit to St. John's, what does Annie's grandfather do while she talks to one of the patients?
(a) Continues reading to Timothy.
(b) Asks Andrew about his war experiences.
(c) Eats a snack.
(d) Takes a nap.

9. Why does Annie enjoy her grandmother's home-cooked meals?
(a) Because her grandmother teaches her to cook.
(b) Annie's mother has no real interest or talent for cooking.
(c) Annie's grandmother always prepares her favorite dishes.
(d) Annie's grandmother always bakes a special dessert.

10. On Annie's second visit to St. John's, why does Annie go find her father?
(a) She hadn't seen him since yesterday and wanted to talk with him.
(b) To tell him she met the severely burned patient.
(c) To ask him to take her home.
(d) To tell him that Grandfather is not feeling well.

11. In Chapter 9, who says "I hope I never have to go out there. From what I hear, those fellows aren't very pretty"?
(a) Darby.
(b) The conductor on the trolley.
(c) Miss Peterson.
(d) Emily.

12. Why is Annie's mother concerned about Annie's decision to do something different this summer?
(a) She thinks Annie's friend is a bad influence.
(b) She thinks Annie will be bored.
(c) She thinks Annie shouldn't visit the hospital.
(d) She doesn't think Annie can cook very well.

13. Where does Uncle Paul invite Annie to go with him on one night in June?
(a) A musical.
(b) The opera.
(c) A Shakespearean play.
(d) A movie.

14. Why is Annie concerned about her grandfather as they begin the journey to go to St. John's for a second time?
(a) He cut himself shaving.
(b) He has a cut on his hand.
(c) He slips and almost falls.
(d) He is unsteady and breathing hard.

15. In the evening after Annie's Sunday School outing, why do she and Father go over to Grandfather's house?
(a) Listen to a sermon.
(b) Inspect Uncle Paul's motorcyle.
(c) Visit soldiers.
(d) Buy some food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Annie nervous about seeing her father again?

2. The next morning after father's return, what does Annie wish to discuss with her mother?

3. Where does Annie live?

4. Who takes Annie to St. John's the first time she visits?

5. While Annie waits for her father at the train station, what images does Annie keep seeing even though she closes her eyes?

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