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

2. How does the narrator describe the food at Grandma Dowdel's house in the different stories from the book?
(a) Huge and hearty meals.
(b) Sparse and tasteless meals.
(c) Fine Cajun cooking.
(d) Haute cuisine.

3. In what year is "Things with Wings" set?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1929.

4. What war did Uncle Grady Griswold fight in?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Mexican-American War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Iraq War.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes in to demand her daughter's wages at the Coffee Cup Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

2. Who does Grandma say pieced the quilt that Joey and Mary Alice find in the attic in "Things with Wings"?

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

4. Who is Mary Alice's dance partner at the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?

5. Who from the Ladies' Hospitality Committee for the Centennial Celebration has fallen ill with "female troubles" in "Centennial Summer"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What noise does Joey hear from Mary Alice's bedroom at night in “The Phantom Brakeman”?

3. How is the theme of friendship developed in the stories from A Long Way from Chicago?

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

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

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

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

8. How old are Mary Alice and Joey when they visit Grandma Dowdel in “Centennial Summer"? How have they grown as characters?

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

10. What does the sign say that greets Joey and Mary Alice when they arrive at Grandma's town in “Centennial Summer"?

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