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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. Miss Janice had been _________________ in Grandpa and Grandmother Nye's home.
(a) The cook.
(b) The secretary.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) The nanny.

2. What does Vanessa's father show the kids at the lake how to do?
(a) Sail a boat.
(b) Shoot craps.
(c) Bait a hook.
(d) Build a fire.

3. In what season does Vanessa read Uncle Joab's poetry outside?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

4. What does Vanessa wait for during the summer vacation?
(a) She waits for the fish to bite.
(b) She waits for Dirk to kiss her.
(c) She waits for the mail.
(d) She waits for good weather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Vanessa's family not do when they come for dinner at Grandpa Nye's house?

2. What is the time period of Summer Afternoon, Summer Afternoon?

3. 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.

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

5. Where does the family go to dinner the night before they leave for vacation?

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