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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer Afternoon, Summer Afternoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far back does Vanessa share her family lineage?
(a) Great-great-grandfather.
(b) Great-great-great-grandfather.
(c) Great grandfather.
(d) Grandfather.

2. What was the L F B M Club?
(a) The Lovely Flowers of the Bijou Maiden.
(b) The Last Five Big Men.
(c) The Last Five Buddies of the Miami.
(d) The Lively Five of the Blue Miami.

3. What do Vanessa and Grandpa Nye enjoy together as if in some Indian ritual?
(a) Buffalo burgers.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Chanting.

4. At the beginning of the story, Vanessa's grandfather tells her the story of ____________________.
(a) His musical career.
(b) Her ancestors.
(c) His job as a professor.
(d) His apprenticeship.

5. How many children did Vanessa's great-great-grandparents have?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanessa want to be when she finishes school?

2. Which of the following is not how Vanessa describes the cottage?

3. What does Grandpa Nye share with schools in Cincinnati for Egyptian studies?

4. From what country do Vanessa's ancestors come?

5. Who was Bronson Alcott's daughter?

(see the answer key)

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