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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. Where did the children play when they moved to Cincinnati?
(a) The Ohio River.
(b) Anderson Park.
(c) Lake Longworth.
(d) Their backyard.

2. What does Vanessa do to help the war effort?
(a) Saves aluminum foil.
(b) Writes letters to soldiers.
(c) Collects scrap metal.
(d) Folds bandages at the Red Cross.

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

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

5. Where did Grandpa Nye attend college?
(a) Xavier University.
(b) The University of Cincinnati.
(c) Farmers College.
(d) Otterbein University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanessa's father show the kids at the lake how to do?

2. Where is Dirk killed?

3. Grandpa Nye's grandfather married the daughter of __________________________.

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

5. Which company did Grandpa Nye work for and eventually run it completely?

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