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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. Who convinces the lawmen to leave Grandma Dowdel alone about her giving away the catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Leota Shrewsbury.
(b) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(c) Earl T. Askew.
(d) Ernie Cowgill.

2. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."
(b) "He was a priest before he left the church and died."
(c) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."
(d) "He was a bank robber and a horse thief."

3. Who does Grandma Dowdel claim to have given Shotgun Cheatham his name when she's talking to the reporter in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Benjamin Washington.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

4. Who is Grandma Dowdel's cousin that she mentions to the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Ella Richmond.
(b) Marie Jacobson.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

5. What organization does Joey say his father is a member of in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) The Society of Quakers.
(c) The Young Republican Society.
(d) The Conservation Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cost for entrance at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

2. What does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get at the store in town after Mrs. Weidenbach leaves in "The Day of Judgment"?

3. How old is Joey Dowdel during his trip to his Grandmother's in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. What does Joey say the fine is for using a fish trap in Wisconsin in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. Who is the American Western film actor that Joey cites when he hears the explosion outside Grandma's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in “A One Woman Crime Wave"? How do they fish?

2. Where do Joey and Mary Alice meet Aunt Puss Chapman? How is Aunt Puss described?

3. Who is Grandma Dowdel's biggest opposition in the cooking contest at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"? How is this character described?

4. What purpose does the novel's Prologue serve? What information is related in the Prologue?

5. Why does Mrs. Weidenbach come to Grandma Dowdel's home in "The Day of Judgment"?

6. What does Joey ask Grandma Dowdel in the end of "The Day of Judgment"? What is her reply?

7. Where are the stories in A Long Way from Chicago set? During what time period do the stories take place?

8. What does Grandma Dowdel do with her remaining fish in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

9. What happens just before the tasting at the cooking contest in "The Day of Judgment"?

10. Describe the narrative style in A Long Way from Chicago. Who relates the stories?

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