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

2. Who lives in the old dilapidated house that Grandma Dowdel takes Joey and Mary Alice to after fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) O. B. Dickerson.
(b) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) Aunt Puss Chapman.

3. What has Mrs. Weidenbach won the blue ribbon for at the county fair every year?
(a) Apple cobbler.
(b) Strawberry and cream pie.
(c) Gooseberry pie.
(d) Bread-and-butter pickles.

4. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
(a) Al Capone.
(b) Joey Doves.
(c) Big Jim Colosimo.
(d) Teets Battaglia.

5. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grandma Dowdel say to "Never trust an ugly woman" in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

2. Why does Grandma Dowdel refuse to take her pie and register it at the Domestic Services tent as soon as she arrives at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

3. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

4. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joey ask Grandma Dowdel in the end of "The Day of Judgment"? What is her reply?

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

3. What does Grandma Dowdel do with her remaining fish in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

4. How does the author establish an atmosphere of the Chicago gangster scene in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

5. 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?

6. How does Grandma Dowdel overcome her adversaries at the end of “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

7. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in “A One Woman Crime Wave"? How do they fish?

8. Where do Joey and Mary Alice meet Aunt Puss Chapman? How is Aunt Puss described?

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

10. Why does Shotgun Cheatham's death raise interest in out-of-towners in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

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