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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. What toy does Joey bring with him for entertainment at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A jigsaw puzzle.
(b) A baseball mitt.
(c) A basketball.
(d) A jump rope.

2. What month is it every year when Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) June.

3. What nickname had the Thompson submachine gun gained after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, according to the narrator in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "St. Louis gunslinger."
(b) "Wind whistler."
(c) "Chicago typewriter."
(d) "Brooklyn bookkeeper."

4. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?
(a) Rice.
(b) Pennies.
(c) Quarters.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

2. From what material was the Weidenbachs' home built?

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

4. 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"?

5. Who does Mrs. Weidenbach claim will take the blue ribbon with her individual cherry tarts if someone doesn't stop her in "The Day of Judgment"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Grandma Dowdel doing when the children arrive in "The Day of Judgment"? What does this foreshadow?

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

3. How does the narrator describe the process of preparing Grandma's pie in "The Day of Judgment"?

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

5. How old are Joey and Mary Alice when they first visit Grandma Dowdel? How do they travel to see her?

6. How does Grandma Dowdel go about baiting the Cowgill boys to her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

7. What story does Grandma Dowdel give to the city reporter about Shotgun Cheatham? Why?

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

9. When is "The Mouse in the Milk" set? How have Joey's and Mary Alice's opinions of their yearly trip to Grandma's changed in this story?

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

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