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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vanessa share with the reader at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her middle name.
(b) Her crush.
(c) Her family lineage.
(d) Her hiding place.

3. Where did Vanessa's great-great-grandparents eventually settle?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Maine.
(d) Ireland.

4. What was the L F B M Club?
(a) The Last Five Buddies of the Miami.
(b) The Lively Five of the Blue Miami.
(c) The Last Five Big Men.
(d) The Lovely Flowers of the Bijou Maiden.

5. Who does Vanessa think Grandpa Nye looks like?
(a) Tecumseh.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Groucho Marx.

6. How many children did Vanessa's great-great-grandparents have?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

7. Who did Grandpa Nye marry?
(a) Laura Washington.
(b) Lauren Washburn.
(c) Laura Wellington.
(d) Laura Washburn.

8. Who was Bronson Alcott's daughter?
(a) Louisa May Alcott.
(b) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Regina Sue Alcott.

9. Grandpa Nye spent some of the finest times in his life ___________________.
(a) Playing baseball.
(b) Paddling canoes.
(c) Drinking cold beer.
(d) Kissing his wife.

10. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Veronica Nye.
(b) Vanessa Nye.
(c) Vanessa Nyberg.
(d) Vanessa Niley.

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

12. Grandpa had his theories of creationism tested by Alfred Russel Wallace, ____________ partner.
(a) Einstein's.
(b) Whitman's.
(c) Darwin's.
(d) Poe's.

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

14. Who has been the major influence in Vanessa's life?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her brother.

15. What style house does Grandfather Nye have?
(a) Townhouse.
(b) Ranch.
(c) Tudor.
(d) Georgian.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country do Vanessa's ancestors come?

2. What was the message given to Vanessa's great-great-grandfather?

3. Who were the members of the L F B M Club?

4. What did the boys put into the carved initials on their chests?

5. How many of Grandpa Nye's children died?

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