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

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

3. Who does Annie's mother invite to dinner before Andrew leaves?
(a) Andrew and Timothy.
(b) Andrew and his parents.
(c) Andrew and Ruth.
(d) Annie's grandparents.

4. As Armistice Day approaches, what bothers Annie about the war memorial?
(a) That Uncle Paul's name will not be on it.
(b) That Uncle Paul's name will be on it even though he did not die a hero.
(c) That Andrew will not get to see the memorial completed.
(d) That it is so expensive.

5. Why are Annie's days a flurry of activity now that her mother has been gone for awhile?
(a) She helps Ruth at the library.
(b) She is taking a summer school class.
(c) She has many chores to do at home and she visits Andrew every day.
(d) She gets together with friends every day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrew tell Annie about researching Uncle Paul's death?

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

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

4. How did Uncle Paul die?

5. As the days pass since her grandparents and mother left, what does Annie begin to dread?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Andrew injured?

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

3. Why was Ruth so pleased about the dinner invitation?

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

5. What does Annie find when she looks for Uncle Paul's Purple Heart?

6. Why does Andrew need to go away soon?

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

8. In Chapter 18, why does Annie feel like she might lose control?

9. How did Lieutenant McFarland describe Uncle Paul and his death?

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

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