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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 soda does Joey describe as tasting "like cough medicine" in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
2. From what station does Joe Dowdel ship out for basic training in "The Troop Train"?
3. At what time are Vandalia and Junior expected to flee aboard the Wabash Cannonball train on its brief stop in Grandma Dowdel's town in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
4. Where does Junior say for Vandalia to meet him at dark when he gives the message to Joey in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
5. How much money does Grandma Dowdel demand the banker give to each of her grandchildren in "Things with Wings"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the ghost story that Grandma Dowdel relates in “The Phantom Brakeman”?
2. What do Joey and Mary Alice discover in Grandma Dowdel's attic in “Things with Wings"?
3. What car is sitting outside of Veech's Gas and Oil in “Things with Wings"? How does Joey describe the car?
4. How is Uncle Grady Griswold described in “Centennial Summer"?
5. What is implied by the conversation between Joey and Grandma at the end of “The Phantom Brakeman”?
6. What does Mrs. Weidenbach comes to ask of Grandma Dowdel in “Centennial Summer"? What is Grandma's reply?
7. How does Grandma Dowdel succeed in getting Effie Wilcox her house back in “Things with Wings"?
8. What exchange takes place between Joey and Junior Stubbs by the privy in “The Phantom Brakeman”?
9. How is the winning performance at the talent show described in “Centennial Summer"?
10. What exchange takes place the first time Miz Eubanks comes to Grandma Dowdel's house in “The Phantom Brakeman”?
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
What does Grandma Dowdel achieve by lying to the Peoria reporter in “Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night above Ground"? How do Grandma's actions in this story impact the town where she lives? What are Joey and Mary Alice's impressions of Grandma's actions?
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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