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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 does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
2. Where does Grandma Dowdel's old tomcat live?
3. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
4. Once Grandma Dowdel has committed to entering the competition at the county fair, she and the kids make a pie every how many hours for the next three days in "The Day of Judgment"?
5. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
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 is the "moral of the story" based on Grandma Dowdel's actions in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?
3. How old are Joey and Mary Alice when they first visit Grandma Dowdel? How do they travel to see her?
4. How does Grandma Dowdel go about baiting the Cowgill boys to her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
5. Describe the narrative style in A Long Way from Chicago. Who relates the stories?
6. How does Grandma Dowdel overcome her adversaries at the end of “A One Woman Crime Wave"?
7. What scene does Joey encounter when he rushes in because Mary Alice is screaming in the kitchen in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. What violent events occur on Mary Alice and Joey's first night at Grandma Dowdel's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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 character of Effie Wilcox in A Long Way from Chicago. How old is Mrs. Wilcox? What is Mrs. Wilcox's relationship like with Grandma Dowdel? How does their relationship change in the course of the narrative?
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