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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 car does Joey describe as "shimmering in her loveliness" outside of Veech's garage in "Things with Wings"?
(a) A Plymouth coupe.
(b) A Terraplane 8.
(c) A Ford Model T.
(d) A Rolls-Royce.

2. What soda does Joey describe as tasting "like cough medicine" in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Pepsi Cola.
(b) Dr. Pepper.
(c) Orange Crush.
(d) Coca Cola.

3. Who offers to buy the stovepipe hat that Grandma Dowdel brings to the rummage sale in "Things with Wings"?
(a) Mrs. Weisenbach.
(b) Mrs. Vottsmeier.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Carolyn Keene.

4. How much does Joey describe the soap "Cashmere Bouquet" as costing in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) 7 cents.

5. When was author Richard Peck born?
(a) April 10, 1934.
(b) July 4, 1940.
(c) September 2, 1910.
(d) March 12, 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joe Dowdel have to go for basic training in "The Troop Train"?

2. Who is the movie star that Joey describes as "sweeping the country" in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

3. What is Uncle Grady Griswold's response when Grandma Dowdel arrives and asks him how he's been in "Centennial Summer"?

4. What war is taking place in "The Troop Train"?

5. The narrator says that on the day of the Centennial Celebration, "People came in farm wagons and Fords from as far away as" where, in "Centennial Summer"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Grandma Dowdel send Mary Alice and Joey to the attic in “Centennial Summer"? What do they find?

5. How is the theme of family illustrated in “The Troop Train"?

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

7. What image of Grandma Dowdel is described by Joey when he sees her in “The Troop Train"?

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

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

10. What is the significance of Nehi sodas in “The Phantom Brakeman”?

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