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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 find in the pocket of her jacket?
(a) A pinecone.
(b) Dead leaves.
(c) Stone and sand.
(d) A dollar.

2. Where is Dirk going to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Xavier.
(d) Stanford.

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

4. Grandpa Nye says that the roads the family will take on vacation are the same paths traveled by _______________ in the Indian campaigns of the 1790s.
(a) Anthony Wayne.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Geronimo.

5. Which of the following is not a summer activity at the lake?
(a) Sailing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Fires at the beach.
(d) Dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is Dirk killed?

2. What waterway were the children used to playing on?

3. Instead of going to bed, Vaness and Lisa ____________________.

4. Grandpa Nye spent some of the finest times in his life ___________________.

5. What outward sign does Vanessa think Grandpa Nye's lawn signifies?

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