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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Andrew's home?
(a) A farm in a nearby town.
(b) A house near Annie's neighborhood.
(c) An apartment building downtown.
(d) Near Aunt Felicia's house.

2. What does Annie do each day now that her mother has been gone for a few days?
(a) Visit friends.
(b) Visit St. John's to see Andrew and help the nuns.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Go to the library to see Ruth.

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

4. 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 a job working at the library.
(b) Timothy has regained his sight.
(c) There is a new treatment for Andrew's injuries.
(d) Annie has been asked to volunteer at the hospital.

5. After Grandfather sends a letter about Uncle Paul's medals, what does Annie decide to do?
(a) Learn more about Uncle Paul's death and the missing medal.
(b) Learn more about Andrew's service record.
(c) Learn how Timothy was injured.
(d) Continue visting St. John's.

6. How did Uncle Paul die?
(a) He was packing hand grenades and one exploded.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A gun discharged in his tent and wounded him fatally.
(d) Measles.

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

8. What will be done for Timothy's condition soon?
(a) He will have an operation.
(b) The doctors will use a new salve on his eyes.
(c) His bandages will be removed.
(d) He will learn Braille.

9. The day after Annie visits St. John's for a second time, Annie's mother decides to take a trip. Where is she going?
(a) Estes Park, Colorado.
(b) To Ruth's house.
(c) To stay at Annie's grandparents' home.
(d) New York City.

10. Why is Andrew having surgery?
(a) Repair his damaged mouth.
(b) Repair his jaw.
(c) Repair his nose.
(d) Remove the damaged skin from his torso.

11. When and where did Uncle Paul die?
(a) January 4, 1918, in France.
(b) April 14, 1918, in Germany.
(c) October, 5, 1917, in Germany.
(d) June 6, 1918, in France.

12. Why doesn't Annie visit the hospital a few days after she receives Grandfather's letter?
(a) Andrew asked her not to visit.
(b) Her father told her to stay home.
(c) Andrew is having medical tests.
(d) She has to see Ruth at the library.

13. What reunites Annie and her mother after their argument when Annie's mother returned from her trip?
(a) Learning how Uncle Paul died.
(b) Annie's mother allowing her to visit the hospital again.
(c) Annie's grandmother talks to both of them and helps them mend their differences.
(d) Annie plants rose bushes to replace the ones she ruined.

14. Why is Annie so angry with her mother as they drive away from St. John's after Annie's second visit?
(a) She wanted to get ice cream before they went home.
(b) She wanted to come home on the trolley.
(c) She had wanted to come home with Father.
(d) Annie was just beginning to get to know Andrew and her mother had ruined it all.

15. As the days pass since her grandparents and mother left, what does Annie begin to dread?
(a) Visiting Andrew and Timothy.
(b) The beginning of another school year.
(c) Her mother's return.
(d) Learning more about Uncle Paul's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Armistice Day approaches, what bothers Annie about the war memorial?

3. Where do Annie's mother and her Uncle John go the evening after Annie's second visit to St. John's?

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

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

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