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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the Prologue of the book, the narrator describes Grandma Dowdel as being as "tough as" what?
2. What does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get at the store in town after Mrs. Weidenbach leaves in "The Day of Judgment"?
3. Who does Grandma Dowdel give her extra catfish to in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
4. What manufacturing company has a big tent set up to show huskers and combines at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
5. What explodes outside of Grandma Dowdel's house in the beginning of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is Grandma Dowdel doing when the children arrive in "The Day of Judgment"? What does this foreshadow?
3. How are the Cowgills described in "The Mouse in the Milk"? What business do they run?
4. Where are the stories in A Long Way from Chicago set? During what time period do the stories take place?
5. What items do Mary Alice and Joey Dowdel bring with them on their trip to Grandma's in "The Mouse in the Milk"? Why?
6. What are Joey's perceptions of the biplane and pilot in "The Day of Judgment"?
7. Where do Joey and Mary Alice meet Aunt Puss Chapman? How is Aunt Puss described?
8. How does Grandma Dowdel go about baiting the Cowgill boys to her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
9. How old are Joey and Mary Alice when they first visit Grandma Dowdel? How do they travel to see her?
10. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in “A One Woman Crime Wave"? How do they fish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of Effie Wilcox in A Long Way from Chicago. How old is Mrs. Wilcox? What is Mrs. Wilcox's relationship like with Grandma Dowdel? How does their relationship change in the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Aunt Puss Chapman in A Long Way from Chicago. How old is Aunt Puss Chapman? What is her history with Grandma Dowdel? Why does Grandma Dowdel go to Aunt Puss Chapman's house in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the characters of O. B. Dickerson and Earl T. Askew in the book. What are the actions, objectives, and obstacles of the characters? How would you describe Grandma Dowdel's relationship with these characters? What are Joey and Mary Alice's perceptions of these characters?
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