WorksheetsA Long Way from Chicago Test Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Who owns a hubmobile?
Effie Wilcox
Miz Eubanks
Mrs. Weidenbach
John Dillinger
What is the name of the famous child actress who dances and sings?
Cheryl Tomlin
Shirley Temple
Candy Connoway
Elizabeth Taylor
Which character is narrating the story?
Grandma
Joey, as an adult
Mary Alice
Joey, as a child
During the Great Depression, people thought of the bank as:
A safe place to keep their money
A respectable place to work
The enemy
Nothing, people were not affected by banks
What responsibilities isl Mrs. Weidenbach busy with at the Centennial event?
Supporting her father at the event, and her nephew at the talent show
Taking tickets and organizing the pie contest
Judging the talent show and cleaning the bathrooms
Handing out blue ribbons and watching her little nephew perform
What do Mary Alice and Joe find in Grandma's attic during the "Centennial Summer"?
An old Victrola and Gum boots
A wedding album and old tap shoes
A stovepipe hat and a worn out quilt
The keys to a locomobile and a two dollar bill
What did Grandma do as a teen according to Aunt Puss?
Married Mr. Dowdel before he went to fight in WWI
Worked at a bakery to support her family, she dropped out of school
Stuck her underpants up the flue and smoked out the schoolhouse
Ran away from home and was caught by the sheriff
Why did Grandma fish illegally ?
To be spiteful to the sheriff
To feed Aunt Puss and the drifters
To feed Joey and Mary Alice
To enjoy her hobby of fishing
Why is it so surprising to Joe that Ray Veech is Mary Alice's dance partner?
Joe had no idea Roy was dating Mary Alice
Ray is very unattractive
Grandma has forbidden Mary Alice to see Ray
Ray is an auto mechanic so it seems unusual he would be a dancer
What happens at Shotgun Cheatham's funeral?
Effie Wilcox creates a big scene
A nosy newspaper writer says that he is royalty
Grandma appears to shoot him dead after he comes back to life
He gets up and walks around, people are freaked out
How does Grandma set up the Cowgills/ get them to break into her house?
She puts a wad of money on her kitchen table
She tells the boys that Mary Alice has cake for them
She asks them to pick up the spoiled milk with the mouse in it
She pretends she is not going to be home, and leaves a shotgun as bait
What does Mr. Weidenbach give Effie, Joe and Mary Alice?
Effie gets to keep her house, the kids get knee-high soda pop
Effie gets to keep her house, the kids get two dollars each
Effie gets a trip to her sisters, the kids get tickets to the vampire movie
Effie gets a closer relationship with Grandma, the kids do too
Who is junior?
Mary Alice's love interest who she meets at the county fair
The owner of Veech's Garage in town
An old acquaintance of Grandma before she met Grandpa Dowdel
The young man who sells insurance, and loves Vandalia
Why is Grandma so moved when she sees her grandchildren dressed in the old clothing from the trunk in the attic?
She can't believe how mature they look, saying "Wow, you look like twenty year olds!"
She thinks they look so authentic with the time period
She is reminded of her wedding day
She just heard bad news and is emotionally sensitive at the moment
How is the theme "Coming of Age" illustrated in the change of Joey over the years?
Joey starts to feel awkward around girls
Joey starts to call himself Joe
Joe feels like a man when he learns how to drive
All of the above choices
What are illegal things that Grandma does?
She makes and sells hard liquor
She trespasses, sets fishing traps, and steals a boat
She feeds the drifters, despite NOT having a permit for her cooking facility
Both 2 and 3
How is Mary Alice becoming more like Grandma?
She sneaks things with Grandma's help, like her plan to dance with Ray at the Talent Show
She looks just like her in that purple dress with Grandma's old tiara and diamond earrings
She acts surprised that Grandma put the kitten in her food basket for her trip back to Chicago
Both 1 and 3
In the last chapter, "The Troop Train" Joe is...
Revisiting Grandma, she greats him at the train station
On his way to fight in WWII with hopes of flying a plane
Attending Mary Alice's wedding, she's getting married in Grandma's town
Volunteering to help old veterans like Uncle Grady and Mrs. Weidenbach's daddy
How does Joe feel about Grandma now that he has gotten older?
He realizes that her lying and stealing is NOT a good example for children
He cherishes the time he spend with Grandma, and as a young man knows that she's always there for him
He is devastated to find out that Grandma lost her home to the bank
He never thinks about Grandma at all, his life has gone in another direction
Who is Mrs. Weidenbach?
The wife of a banker
Grandma's sister from Toledo
A lady who sells the best bread and butter pickles in town
Grandma’s neighbor whose privy has been writhed off the ground by the Cowgills
What does Grandma tell Joey and Mary Alice about how Shotgun got his name?
He accidentally shot a cow when he was ten years old
Jesse James gave him the name
General Grant gave him the name
He always had a perfect shot in target practice
Who is the author of the novel?
O.B. Dickerson
Richard Peck
S.E. Hinton
John Dillinger
When I am very interested in a movie, I am
A couch potatoe
Riveted
Reconciled
Stagnant
To dawdle means to...
Waste time
Dance in circles
To walk with a waddle
What does it mean to Joey to be able to drive?
He can leave Grandma's house
He can get fast food at the drive-through whenever he wants it
He is a man
He feels a little sad that he is no longer a little kid
Gratis means...
Greedy
Grateful
Free
Strange
At the wedding, the priest said a short
Skit
Essay
Benediction
Module
Even though Shotgun Cheatham was a reprobate who got his name by shooting a cow, Grandma claims he was a war hero. What does reprobate mean?
A person of great honor
A reject or undesirable person
A worker at a cattle ranch
A person who is an expert shooter
