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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Soldier Home: Summer People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Nick NOT think about in order to stay awake?
(a) Fishing for trout in the streams of his childhood.
(b) Everyone he has ever met.
(c) His most distant memory.
(d) Going into battle again.

2. What happened when the farms were handed down to the Indians' children?
(a) The were not handed down.
(b) They sold them.
(c) They squandered them.
(d) They prospered.

3. When was this story published?
(a) 1952.
(b) It was never published.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1937.

4. What type of wound has Nick sustained?
(a) Belly.
(b) Head.
(c) Leg.
(d) Arm.

5. Who do Nick and his friends pass on their way home?
(a) A bus of senior citizens.
(b) A car of teenagers.
(c) Indians.
(d) An Amish family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Nick's mother NOT do for his father?

2. What is the plan of the two crooks?

3. Where is Nick headed in this story?

4. What occupation did some of the Indians have in Petoskey?

5. In what town did Nick grow up?

(see the answer key)

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