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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the members of the L F B M Club?
(a) Grandpa Nye and his brothers.
(b) Grandpa Nye and four friends.
(c) Grandpa Nye and five friends.
(d) Grandpa Nye and his girlfriend.

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

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

4. From what country do Vanessa's ancestors come?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) England.

5. Grandpa Nye is filled with sadness for _____________________.
(a) Dead soldiers.
(b) Illiteracy.
(c) His lost youth.
(d) Starving children.

6. Grandpa Nye's grandfather married the daughter of __________________________.
(a) A Baptist minister.
(b) A diplomat.
(c) An industrialist.
(d) A politician.

7. What item of her Uncle Joab's does Vanessa keep by her bed?
(a) A snow globe.
(b) A compass.
(c) A watch.
(d) A book of poetry.

8. Who is the author of THE DEAD OF THE HOUSE?
(a) Hannah Green.
(b) Hannah Montana.
(c) Hannah Grieshop.
(d) Hannah Greer.

9. What waterway were the children used to playing on?
(a) Lake Champlain.
(b) Lake Superior.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) The St. Lawrence Seaway.

10. What is the name of Vanessa's grandfather?
(a) Grandfather Nyberg.
(b) Grandfather Nye.
(c) Grandfather Shannon.
(d) Grandfather Williams.

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

12. Who did Grandpa Nye marry after the death of Grandmother Nye?
(a) Miss Janice.
(b) Miss Julie.
(c) Miss Janie.
(d) Miss Janine.

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

14. Who were Grandpa Nye's mother's family?
(a) The Dulaneys.
(b) The DeGraffs.
(c) The DeGolyers.
(d) The Dickinsons.

15. What does Vanessa call Grandmother Nye, Nathaniel, Joab and Great Grandmother Vanessa?
(a) The dearly departed.
(b) The spooks.
(c) The dead of the house.
(d) Her spirited relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Vanessa's great-great-grandparents have?

2. Grandpa Nye says that there is no _________________ in the family.

3. How many children did Grandpa Nye and his wife have?

4. Miss Janice had been _________________ in Grandpa and Grandmother Nye's home.

5. In what city does Grandfather Nye live?

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