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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. 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 is the name of the town banker where Grandma Dowdel lives?
3. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
4. What is the name of the general store described downtown where Grandma Dowdel lives?
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. 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?
2. How does the author establish an atmosphere of the Chicago gangster scene in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
3. How does Grandma Dowdel go about baiting the Cowgill boys to her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
4. Describe the narrative style in A Long Way from Chicago. Who relates the stories?
5. What does Joey ask Grandma Dowdel in the end of "The Day of Judgment"? What is her reply?
6. How are the Cowgills described in "The Mouse in the Milk"? What business do they run?
7. Why does Mrs. Weidenbach come to Grandma Dowdel's home in "The Day of Judgment"?
8. What are Joey's perceptions of the biplane and pilot in "The Day of Judgment"?
9. What is Grandma Dowdel doing when the children arrive in "The Day of Judgment"? What does this foreshadow?
10. How does Grandma Dowdel overcome her adversaries at the end of “A One Woman Crime Wave"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting of “A One Woman Crime Wave." How has the atmosphere of the country changed since Mary Alice and Joey's earlier visits to Grandma? How has Grandma's house changed? How is the setting of this story related to its plot and themes?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the antagonists in "The Mouse in the Milk." Who are the antagonists in the story? How does Grandma Dowdel outwit the antagonists? What is the outcome of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the characters of O. B. Dickerson and Earl T. Askew in the book. What are the actions, objectives, and obstacles of the characters? How would you describe Grandma Dowdel's relationship with these characters? What are Joey and Mary Alice's perceptions of these characters?
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