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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. Grandpa Nye once had a brief career as a ___________________.
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Newspaper reporter.
(c) Surveyor.
(d) Welder.

2. What was Vanessa's attitude toward her grandfather's stories?
(a) She hated them.
(b) She could take them or leave them.
(c) She endured them.
(d) She couldn't get enough of them.

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

4. Where is Dirk killed?
(a) In France.
(b) On the beach at Normandy.
(c) On the deck of a ship.
(d) In Germany.

5. What outward sign does Vanessa think Grandpa Nye's lawn signifies?
(a) He still has a good eye for detail.
(b) He is an artist at heart.
(c) He needs some help around the house.
(d) He is different from everybody else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanessa do to help the war effort?

2. What nationality was James DeGolyer?

3. Where does Vanessa's family take its annual summer vacation?

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

5. Vanessa's only recollection of Grandmother Nye is seeing her ____________________.

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