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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. Vanessa stops doing homework to __________________.
(a) Go to a movie.
(b) Help her mother prepare dinner.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Go swimming.

2. From whose perspective is the story told?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Vanessa's sister.
(c) Vanessa's mother.
(d) Hannah's grandfather.

3. How did Grandpa Nye travel across Canada as a young man?
(a) Train.
(b) Boat.
(c) Bus.
(d) Car.

4. What is the topic of Grandpa Nye's story today?
(a) Learning to speak French in Quebec.
(b) The family's move from Quebec to Cincinnati.
(c) The family's first Christmas in America.
(d) Learning how to skate in Ohio.

5. What does Grandpa Nye have all over the house?
(a) Flags.
(b) Guns.
(c) Family pictures.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanessa call Grandmother Nye, Nathaniel, Joab and Great Grandmother Vanessa?

2. Which of the following does Vanessa not consider herself to to?

3. Vanessa has the ______________ of a person far beyond her years.

4. Grandpa Nye is filled with sadness for _____________________.

5. Where does the Nye family go on their summer vacation during the first year of World War II?

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