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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does the Blue Plate Special cost at the Coffee Pot Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 25 cents.

2. What kind of show is put on by the ladies of the United Brethren Church at the Centennial Celebration?
(a) A dramatic reading.
(b) A flower show.
(c) A quilt show.
(d) A comedic play.

3. Who offers to buy the stovepipe hat that Grandma Dowdel brings to the rummage sale in "Things with Wings"?
(a) Carolyn Keene.
(b) Leota Shrewsbury.
(c) Mrs. Weisenbach.
(d) Mrs. Vottsmeier.

4. How much money does Grandma Dowdel demand the banker give to each of her grandchildren in "Things with Wings"?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) $1.
(d) $2.

5. How old does Grandma Dowdel say Uncle Grady Griswold is, in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) 105.
(b) 95.
(c) 103.
(d) 93.

6. Whose cow does Grandma Dowdel claim to have started the Great Fire of Chicago in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Mr. O'Neill's cow.
(b) Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
(c) Mrs. Keene's cow.
(d) Mr. Butler's cow.

7. What is the name of Junior Stubbs's father?
(a) Merle Stubbs.
(b) Jack Stubbs.
(c) Robert Stubbs.
(d) Peter Stubbs.

8. How is Grandma Dowdel's character described physically in A Long Way from Chicago?
(a) Larger than life.
(b) Petite and prim.
(c) Tall and lanky.
(d) Bent over and decrepit.

9. In what year is "Centennial Summer" set?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1937.

10. What kind of game are the boys playing on the train in "The Troop Train"?
(a) A game of craps.
(b) A game of quarters.
(c) A game of dodge-ball.
(d) A game of poker.

11. Who is the proprietress of the Coffee Pot Cafe?
(a) Mrs. Vottsmeier.
(b) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(c) Mrs. Ike Cripe.
(d) Mrs. Effie Wilcox.

12. When was John Dillinger killed?
(a) June 2, 1934.
(b) July 22, 1934.
(c) September 1, 1935.
(d) June 13, 1933.

13. What is Mrs. Weidenbach's nephew performing for the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) A dramatic reading.
(b) An opera solo.
(c) A tap routine.
(d) A piano solo.

14. Of whom does Grandma Dowdel say "You couldn't blast [her] off her place with a charge of dynamite" in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) Leota Shrewsbury.
(b) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(d) Mrs. Vottsmeier.

15. What war did Uncle Grady Griswold fight in?
(a) The Mexican-American War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Iraq War.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Joey Dowdel when he visits his Grandmother in "Centennial Summer"?

2. Which of the short stories from A Long Way from Chicago was first published elsewhere?

3. What movie theater was John Dillinger leaving when he was killed?

4. Where does Mary Alice claim she found a puppy in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

5. Who is the movie star that Joey describes as "sweeping the country" in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

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