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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through And Here Tecumseh Fell.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Amy sit to listen to the reading of "The Night Before Christmas"?
(a) On the window seat.
(b) In her bed.
(c) On Mrs. Nye's lap.
(d) By the fireplace.

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

4. Grandpa Nye wasn't always a good businessman but he was _____________________.
(a) An avid scholar.
(b) A loving grandfather.
(c) The life of any party.
(d) A noted philanthropist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose perspective is the story told?

2. What had Lisa hoped to find by coming home for Christmas?

3. What was Vanessa's attitude toward her grandfather's stories?

4. What do Vanessa and Lisa call Grandpa Nye's second wife?

5. From what city does Dirk ship out to service?

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