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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Vanessa has the ______________ of a person far beyond her years.
(a) Goals.
(b) Sensitivity.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Wisdom.

4. In which religion did Vanessa's great-great-grandfather preach?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Methodist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mood does Uncle Joab's poetry create in Vanessa?

3. Where did Vanessa's great-great-grandparents eventually settle?

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

5. Grandpa Nye's mother's family can trace its roots to what country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book did Grandpa Nye write about his adventures in Canada?

2. How do Vanessa and Lisa prepare for the annual family vacation?

3. Who is the protagonist of the story?

4. Explain the L F B M Club.

5. How did Grandpa Nye's family happen to end up in Cincinnati?

6. What is Grandpa Nye's condition when the family goes to visit him?

7. How does Vanessa's mother maintain appearances for her husband's sake?

8. How does the Nye family avoid the unpleasantness of Grandpa Nye's imminent death?

9. How does Vanessa feel a sense of the past as reenters the family cabin?

10. How does Grandpa Nye help the girls to appreciate the historic trail they will take on the way to Michigan?

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