A Long Way From Chicago
20 Questions
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Try to show your comprehension of the book through the test.
Questions and Answers
- 1.How long do Joey and Mary Alice stay at Grandma Dowdel's house?
- A.
One week
- B.
A year
- C.
1 month
- D.
Two weeks
- 2.Why is Ms. Wicox moving to Palmyra?
- A.
Grandma Dowel is driving her crazy.
- B.
The bank is taking her house away from her.
- C.
She hates the town.
- D.
She wants to grow old near her kids and family.
- 3.How old were Joey and mary Alice when they first came to visit Grandma Dowdel?
- A.
Eight and six
- B.
Nine and seven
- C.
Ten and eight
- D.
Seven and five
- 4.Why cant Mary Alice stand it at Grandma Dowel's?
- A.
She gets very homesick.
- B.
Grandma has mean neighbors.
- C.
She hates using the privy.
- D.
It is a very cold a August at Grandma's.
- 5.Why did the reporter come to ask about Shotgun Cheatham's story?
- A.
He is related to Shotgun but never got to hear his lifetime stories.
- B.
August is a slow news month and he felt that this was a good story.
- C.
He is an author who is trying to write a biography on Shotgun.
- D.
He is playing the role of Shotgun in a movie.
- 6.Technically, who won the best Gooseberry Pie?
- 7.Joey and Mary Alice have to leave Chicago because _____?
- 8.Grandma was at the train station when the two kids arrived because _____?
- 9.Why do you think Mary Alice asked Grandma if vampires were real? Explain your answer.
- 10.What surprise did Joey and Mary Alice find in the attic?
- 11.What does Privy mean?
- 12.What does snaggletoothed mean?
- 13.What does riveted mean?
- 14.What does Philanthropist means?
- 15.Who won the Blue Ribbon for Best Gooseberry Pie? Do you think this was right of Grandma? Support your answer with details.
- 16.Why and when do you think Joey stopped thinking of Grandma Dowdel as a bad influence?
- 17.When someone asked if the children had ever been paddled they luckly said no. Do you think this form of punishment was fair and do you think this was a successsful way to improve behavior? Explain and justify your answer.
- 18.True or Flase - Grandma Dowdel caught the Cowgill boys "red handed" trying to break in her house
- 19.How does Joey feel about Grandma's fish trap?
- 20.Do you think Grandma cares about the town?
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