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A Long Way from Chicago Test Review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is John Dillinger?
a)
A Chicago gangster
b)
Joey and Mary Alice's father
c)
The owner of the gas station
d)
A bank robber from Chicago
2.

Who owns a hubmobile?

a)

Effie Wilcox

b)

Miz Eubanks

c)

Mrs. Weidenbach

d)

John Dillinger

3.

What is the name of the famous child actress who dances and sings?

a)

Cheryl Tomlin

b)

Shirley Temple

c)

Candy Connoway

d)

Elizabeth Taylor

4.
What is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Prohibition
c)
WWII
d)
Banks closing
5.
How long do Joey and Mary Alice spend at Grandma's when they visit?
a)
One week
b)
Two weeks
c)
One month
d)
The whole summer
6.
How many summers (in total) do Joe and Mary Alice spend with Grandma?
a)
Six
b)
Four
c)
Seven
d)
Five
7.
Who blows up Grandma's mailbox and wrenches Effie's privy?
a)
Rupert Pennypacker
b)
The drifters
c)
The deputies
d)
The Cowgills
8.

Which character is narrating the story?

a)

Grandma

b)

Joey, as an adult

c)

Mary Alice

d)

Joey, as a child

9.

During the Great Depression, people thought of the bank as:

a)

A safe place to keep their money

b)

A respectable place to work

c)

The enemy

d)

Nothing, people were not affected by banks

10.
When was the song, "The Night that Paddy Murphy Died" sung? And by who?
a)
At the centennial celebration by the deputies
b)
At the talent show by Mrs. Weidenbach's nephew
c)
At the Rod and Gun club by drunken deputies
d)
On the parade float by old Uncle Grady
11.

What responsibilities isl Mrs. Weidenbach busy with at the Centennial event?

a)

Supporting her father at the event, and her nephew at the talent show

b)

Taking tickets and organizing the pie contest

c)

Judging the talent show and cleaning the bathrooms

d)

Handing out blue ribbons and watching her little nephew perform

12.
Why does Grandma want to find Uncle Grady?
a)
She misses him dearly
b)
To have him beat out Mrs. Weidenbach's dad for oldest settler
c)
His wife Aunt Mae told her he was sick
d)
She wanted to hear his old stories
13.
How would you characterize Miz Eubanks?
a)
Bossy and like a jailer
b)
The town gossip
c)
A caring and loving mom
d)
A best friend to Grandma
14.
What does Grandma do to secure winning the contest?
a)
Trips Rupert Pennpacker's mother to distract him
b)
Puts a blue ribbon on her hatband
c)
Switches the cards in the fruit and cobbler contest
d)
Both 2 and 3
15.

What do Mary Alice and Joe find in Grandma's attic during the "Centennial Summer"?

a)

An old Victrola and Gum boots

b)

A wedding album and old tap shoes

c)

A stovepipe hat and a worn out quilt

d)

The keys to a locomobile and a two dollar bill

16.
What is a hupmobile and who owns one?
a)
An expensive car, Mrs. Weidenbach
b)
A hot rod, Ray Veech
c)
The latest car that's expensive, John Dillinger
d)
A squad car, the sheriff
17.

What did Grandma do as a teen according to Aunt Puss?

a)

Married Mr. Dowdel before he went to fight in WWI

b)

Worked at a bakery to support her family, she dropped out of school

c)

Stuck her underpants up the flue and smoked out the schoolhouse

d)

Ran away from home and was caught by the sheriff

18.

Why did Grandma fish illegally ?

a)

To be spiteful to the sheriff

b)

To feed Aunt Puss and the drifters

c)

To feed Joey and Mary Alice

d)

To enjoy her hobby of fishing

19.
Who is Vandalia
a)
Ray Veech's girlfriend
b)
A nasty waitress
c)
A sweet young girl in love
d)
A committe member of the Centennial Celebration
20.

Why is it so surprising to Joe that Ray Veech is Mary Alice's dance partner?

a)

Joe had no idea Roy was dating Mary Alice

b)

Ray is very unattractive

c)

Grandma has forbidden Mary Alice to see Ray

d)

Ray is an auto mechanic so it seems unusual he would be a dancer

21.
Who is the phantom brakeman
a)
The person behind all the robberies in town
b)
A ghostly town legend, a man killed in a train accident
c)
Someone who stops the banks from foreclosing on homes
d)
A legend in Grandma' town, he stars in vampire picture shows
22.

What happens at Shotgun Cheatham's funeral?

a)

Effie Wilcox creates a big scene

b)

A nosy newspaper writer says that he is royalty

c)

Grandma appears to shoot him dead after he comes back to life

d)

He gets up and walks around, people are freaked out

23.
Why does Grandma pretend to find items from Abe Lincoln and his wife in Effie's home?
a)
To declare the home a museum and allow Effie to keep her home
b)
To get the townpeople at the "Coffee Pot" to gossip
c)
To get even with the banker and his wife
d)
She truly believes in preserving historical heirlooms
24.

How does Grandma set up the Cowgills/ get them to break into her house?

a)

She puts a wad of money on her kitchen table

b)

She tells the boys that Mary Alice has cake for them

c)

She asks them to pick up the spoiled milk with the mouse in it

d)

She pretends she is not going to be home, and leaves a shotgun as bait

25.
Who would you say is Grandma's truest friend?
a)
Miz Idella Eubanks
b)
O.B. Dickerson
c)
Mrs. Effie Wicox
d)
Mrs. Weidenbach
26.

What does Mr. Weidenbach give Effie, Joe and Mary Alice?

a)

Effie gets to keep her house, the kids get knee-high soda pop

b)

Effie gets to keep her house, the kids get two dollars each

c)

Effie gets a trip to her sisters, the kids get tickets to the vampire movie

d)

Effie gets a closer relationship with Grandma, the kids do too

27.

Who is junior?

a)

Mary Alice's love interest who she meets at the county fair

b)

The owner of Veech's Garage in town

c)

An old acquaintance of Grandma before she met Grandpa Dowdel

d)

The young man who sells insurance, and loves Vandalia

28.

Why is Grandma so moved when she sees her grandchildren dressed in the old clothing from the trunk in the attic?

a)

She can't believe how mature they look, saying "Wow, you look like twenty year olds!"

b)

She thinks they look so authentic with the time period

c)

She is reminded of her wedding day

d)

She just heard bad news and is emotionally sensitive at the moment

29.

How is the theme "Coming of Age" illustrated in the change of Joey over the years?

a)

Joey starts to feel awkward around girls

b)

Joey starts to call himself Joe

c)

Joe feels like a man when he learns how to drive

d)

All of the above choices

30.

What are illegal things that Grandma does?

a)

She makes and sells hard liquor

b)

She trespasses, sets fishing traps, and steals a boat

c)

She feeds the drifters, despite NOT having a permit for her cooking facility

d)

Both 2 and 3

31.
Why does Grandma say that the only "bloodsucker is the bank" when Mary Alice asks her if vampires are real?
a)
There are no such thing as vampires
b)
Banks take all the money out of people
c)
The picture show/the movie portrayed the bank as the villian
d)
She is making a direct refrence to John Dilinger
32.

How is Mary Alice becoming more like Grandma?

a)

She sneaks things with Grandma's help, like her plan to dance with Ray at the Talent Show

b)

She looks just like her in that purple dress with Grandma's old tiara and diamond earrings

c)

She acts surprised that Grandma put the kitten in her food basket for her trip back to Chicago

d)

Both 1 and 3

33.

In the last chapter, "The Troop Train" Joe is...

a)

Revisiting Grandma, she greats him at the train station

b)

On his way to fight in WWII with hopes of flying a plane

c)

Attending Mary Alice's wedding, she's getting married in Grandma's town

d)

Volunteering to help old veterans like Uncle Grady and Mrs. Weidenbach's daddy

34.

How does Joe feel about Grandma now that he has gotten older?

a)

He realizes that her lying and stealing is NOT a good example for children

b)

He cherishes the time he spend with Grandma, and as a young man knows that she's always there for him

c)

He is devastated to find out that Grandma lost her home to the bank

d)

He never thinks about Grandma at all, his life has gone in another direction

35.

Who is Mrs. Weidenbach?

a)

The wife of a banker

b)

Grandma's sister from Toledo

c)

A lady who sells the best bread and butter pickles in town

d)

Grandma’s neighbor whose privy has been writhed off the ground by the Cowgills

36.

What does Grandma tell Joey and Mary Alice about how Shotgun got his name?

a)

He accidentally shot a cow when he was ten years old

b)

Jesse James gave him the name

c)

General Grant gave him the name

d)

He always had a perfect shot in target practice

37.

Who is the author of the novel?

a)

O.B. Dickerson

b)

Richard Peck

c)

S.E. Hinton

d)

John Dillinger

38.

When I am very interested in a movie, I am

a)

A couch potatoe

b)

Riveted

c)

Reconciled

d)

Stagnant

39.

To dawdle means to...

a)

Waste time

b)

Dance in circles

c)

To walk with a waddle

40.

What does it mean to Joey to be able to drive?

a)

He can leave Grandma's house

b)

He can get fast food at the drive-through whenever he wants it

c)

He is a man

d)

He feels a little sad that he is no longer a little kid

41.

Gratis means...

a)

Greedy

b)

Grateful

c)

Free

d)

Strange

42.

At the wedding, the priest said a short

a)

Skit

b)

Essay

c)

Benediction

d)

Module

43.

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)

A person of great honor

b)

A reject or undesirable person

c)

A worker at a cattle ranch

d)

A person who is an expert shooter