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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. What does Vanessa want to be when she finishes school?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A writer.
(d) A lawyer.

2. Grandpa Nye's grandfather married the daughter of __________________________.
(a) A diplomat.
(b) A Baptist minister.
(c) An industrialist.
(d) A politician.

3. What do Lisa and Vanessa go to the basement with Grandpa Nye to do?
(a) Bring up some apples.
(b) Look at scrapbooks.
(c) Pick out a bottle of wine.
(d) Find their old bicycles.

4. What is the name of Grandpa Nye's great-grandfather?
(a) James DeGolyer.
(b) James Delaney.
(c) James Devereaux.
(d) John DeGolyer.

5. From whom did Vanessa's great-great-grandfather receive a message?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) The mayor.
(c) His wife.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which U.S. President does Grandpa Nye have a lot of interest in?

2. Where did Grandpa Nye attend college?

3. Who was Bronson Alcott's daughter?

4. What does Vanessa's mother talk to her about while Dirk is in town?

5. What does Vanessa share with the reader at the beginning of the story?

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