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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 much of her homemade beer does Grandma Dowdel tell Joey to go fetch from the cellar in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) 15-20 bottles.
(b) 5-10 bottles.
(c) 25-30 bottles.
(d) 2-3 bottles.

2. What is the cost for entrance at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) 5 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) 1 cent.

3. In what year is "The Day of Judgment" set?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1931.

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

5. Who comes to stop Grandma Dowdel from giving away catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Effie Wilcox.
(b) O. B. Dickerson.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) Leota Shrewsbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

2. What organization does Joey say his father is a member of in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

3. 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"?

4. Who is Grandma Dowdel's cousin that she mentions to the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. How much is the charge for a ride on the biplane at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Grandma Dowdel coerce Mr. Cowgill to do to his sons in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"? How does she coerce him?

5. How are the sheriff and Chamber of Commerce president described when Joey, Mary Alice, and Grandma encounter them after fishing in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

6. What are Joey's perceptions of the biplane and pilot in "The Day of Judgment"?

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

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

9. What scene does Joey encounter when he rushes in because Mary Alice is screaming in the kitchen in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

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