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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. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
3. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Day of Judgment"?
4. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
5. Who are Mary Alice's best friends that she is upset about missing while she's at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How old are Joey and Mary Alice when they first visit Grandma Dowdel? How do they travel to see her?
2. 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"?
3. How are the Cowgills described in "The Mouse in the Milk"? What business do they run?
4. How does the author establish an atmosphere of the Chicago gangster scene in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
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 happens just before the tasting at the cooking contest in "The Day of Judgment"?
7. How does Grandma Dowdel trap the Cowgill brothers in "The Mouse in the Milk"? What does she tell Joey to do once she has them trapped?
8. When is "The Mouse in the Milk" set? How have Joey's and Mary Alice's opinions of their yearly trip to Grandma's changed in this story?
9. How does Grandma Dowdel describe "the truth" of Shotgun Cheatham and how he got his name?
10. What is Grandma Dowdel doing when the children arrive in "The Day of Judgment"? What does this foreshadow?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Grandma Dowdel switch the labels on the pies in "The Day of Judgment"? Does Grandma Dowdel achieve her objective by committing this action? Why or why not? How does Joey perceive Grandma Dowdel's action in switching the labels?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the narrator of the stories in A Long Way from Chicago. How old is the narrator as he relates the stories? How old is the narrator during his first visit to Grandma Dowdel's house? How does this character evolve in the course of the stories?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the character of Ray Veech in A Long Way from Chicago. How old is Ray Veech when his character is first introduced? What stories does Ray appear in? How is his character perceived by Joey and Mary Alice?
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