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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. How old is Joey Dowdel during his first visit to his Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

2. What baseball team's hat does Joey wear in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) The Cubs.
(b) The Red Sox.
(c) The Yankees.
(d) The White Sox.

3. What railroad do Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel take when they go to visit their Grandmother?
(a) The Wabash Railroad.
(b) The Florida East Coast Railway.
(c) The Wisconsin Central Railroad.
(d) The Northern Pacific Railroad.

4. What is the "country saying" that Grandma Dowdel uses when she and the kids set out to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) "Douse the fire and hide the ax and skillet."
(b) "Scat and skedaddle."
(c) "Go West, Young Man."
(d) "Lift up your bloomers and set sail."

5. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Fourth grade.
(c) Second grade.
(d) Fifth grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who always enters decorative butter pats in the county fair competition, according to Mrs. Weidenbach in "The Day of Judgment"?

2. In what year is "The Day of Judgment" set?

3. What other events are judged on the day of the cooking competition at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. What toy does Mary Alice bring with her to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. How much of her homemade beer does Grandma Dowdel tell Joey to go fetch from the cellar in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of “A One Woman Crime Wave" described? How have things changed since Mary Alice and Joey's last visit to Grandma Dowdel?

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

3. What violent events occur on Mary Alice and Joey's first night at Grandma Dowdel's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

5. What is the "moral of the story" based on Grandma Dowdel's actions in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

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

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

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

9. How does the author establish an atmosphere of the Chicago gangster scene in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

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

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