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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. What kind of gun does Grandma Dowdel keep behind the woodbox?
2. What is the reeking smell coming from Grandma Dowdel's cobhouse in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
3. In what year is "The Day of Judgment" set?
4. Who is described in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as "A real old, humped-over lady with buck teeth" and crossed eyes that had been the telling the reporter tales at the cafe in town?
5. What kind of mailbox does Grandma Dowdel demand from Mr. Cowgill in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Joey ask Grandma Dowdel in the end of "The Day of Judgment"? What is her reply?
2. What happens just before the tasting at the cooking contest in "The Day of Judgment"?
3. What scene does Joey encounter when he rushes in because Mary Alice is screaming in the kitchen in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
4. 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?
5. What does Grandma Dowdel do with her remaining fish in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?
6. What violent events occur on Mary Alice and Joey's first night at Grandma Dowdel's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
7. What are Joey's perceptions of the biplane and pilot in "The Day of Judgment"?
8. How do Joey and Mary Alice feel about their trip to Grandma Dowdel's in the beginning of "The Day of Judgment"?
9. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in “A One Woman Crime Wave"? How do they fish?
10. What information do Mary Alice and Joey learn about Grandma's past from Aunt Puss Chapman?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the talent show in “Centennial Summer." Who performs in the talent show? Who wins the blue ribbon? Why is this a surprise for Joey?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of “Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night above Ground.” In what year does this story take place? How would you describe the mood and atmosphere established through the setting in the story? Where does Grandma Dowdel live?
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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