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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname had the Thompson submachine gun gained after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, according to the narrator in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "St. Louis gunslinger."
(b) "Chicago typewriter."
(c) "Wind whistler."
(d) "Brooklyn bookkeeper."

2. What railroad do Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel take when they go to visit their Grandmother?
(a) The Northern Pacific Railroad.
(b) The Wisconsin Central Railroad.
(c) The Wabash Railroad.
(d) The Florida East Coast Railway.

3. How old is Joey Dowdel during his first visit to his Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

4. Who always enters decorative butter pats in the county fair competition, according to Mrs. Weidenbach in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(b) Mrs. Cowgill.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

5. What kind of vehicle do the Weidenbachs own in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) A Hupmobile.
(b) A Rolls Royce.
(c) A Model-T.
(d) A horse-drawn wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

2. What kind of car does the narrator describe Al Capone owning in "The Day of Judgment"?

3. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

4. What does Grandma Dowdel win at the cooking competition at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. What is Grandma Dowdel holding in her hand when Joey rushes in after hearing Mary Alice screaming in the kitchen, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens just before the tasting at the cooking contest in "The Day of Judgment"?

2. Who is Grandma Dowdel's biggest opposition in the cooking contest at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"? How is this character described?

3. What are Joey's perceptions of the biplane and pilot in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. What is the "moral of the story" based on Grandma Dowdel's actions in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

5. What violent events occur on Mary Alice and Joey's first night at Grandma Dowdel's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

6. 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?

7. 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"?

8. What story does Grandma Dowdel give to the city reporter about Shotgun Cheatham? Why?

9. What is Grandma Dowdel doing when the children arrive in "The Day of Judgment"? What does this foreshadow?

10. 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?

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