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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 mailbox does Grandma Dowdel demand from Mr. Cowgill in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
2. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
3. Who is described by Grandma Dowdel as the "best home-baker in the state of Illinois" in "The Day of Judgment"?
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. Who is the American Western film actor that Joey cites when he hears the explosion outside Grandma's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where are the stories in A Long Way from Chicago set? During what time period do the stories take place?
2. What story does Grandma Dowdel give to the city reporter about Shotgun Cheatham? Why?
3. What happens just before the tasting at the cooking contest in "The Day of Judgment"?
4. Why does Shotgun Cheatham's death raise interest in out-of-towners in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
5. What are Joey's perceptions of the biplane and pilot in "The Day of Judgment"?
6. Who is Grandma Dowdel's biggest opposition in the cooking contest at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"? How is this character described?
7. How is the setting of “A One Woman Crime Wave" described? How have things changed since Mary Alice and Joey's last visit to Grandma Dowdel?
8. How does the author establish an atmosphere of the Chicago gangster scene in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
9. What does Grandma Dowdel do with her remaining fish in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of deception and cunning in the stories from A Long Way from Chicago. In what stories are these themes most predominant? How? What characters embody or exhibit these themes?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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