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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 is the brand of orange soda pop that Joey and Mary Alice cherish in the narrative?
(a) Nehi.
(b) Tang.
(c) Crush.
(d) Zesta.

2. What are the instructions for gentlemen on the new banner at the train station in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) "Take your lady by the arm!"
(b) "Enter the physical strength contest!"
(c) "Grow a beard or pay a fine!"
(d) "Exit to the right of the station."

3. Into what division of the military does Joe Dowdel enlist in "The Troop Train"?
(a) The Army Air Corps.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The Navy SEALS.
(d) The Marine Corps.

4. How late does Joe Dowdel's train leave the station in "The Troop Train"?
(a) Two hours late.
(b) Three hours late.
(c) An hour late.
(d) Thirty minute late.

5. During what historical period are the stories set in A Long Way from Chicago?
(a) The Gilded Age.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The Information Age.
(d) The Reconstruction Era.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the Blue Plate Special cost at the Coffee Pot Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

2. What name does Mary Alice tell Joey she is giving to the puppy that she found in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

3. How much money does Joey and Mary Alice's father give them apiece before they go to Grandma Dowdel's?

4. What kind of game are the boys playing on the train in "The Troop Train"?

5. What was Veech's Gas and Oil before it became a garage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What childhood dream is Joey Dowdel pursuing in “The Troop Train"? How?

2. What is the ghost story that Grandma Dowdel relates in “The Phantom Brakeman”?

3. Why does Joey ask Grandma Dowdel for two dollars in “Things with Wings"? What is Grandma's response?

4. What car is sitting outside of Veech's Gas and Oil in “Things with Wings"? How does Joey describe the car?

5. What is implied by the conversation between Joey and Grandma at the end of “The Phantom Brakeman”?

6. Where does Grandma take Joey and Mary Alice to see a movie in “Things with Wings"? What do they see?

7. What exchange takes place between Joey and Junior Stubbs by the privy in “The Phantom Brakeman”?

8. What do Joey and Mary Alice discover in Grandma Dowdel's attic in “Things with Wings"?

9. What exchange takes place the first time Miz Eubanks comes to Grandma Dowdel's house in “The Phantom Brakeman”?

10. How is the winning performance at the talent show described in “Centennial Summer"?

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