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Long Way From Chicago chapters 1-3

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Grandma use as bait?

a)

Worms

b)

Cheese

c)

Bugs

2.

Why did Joey faint?

a)

He hit his head

b)

He saw a snake

c)

He was dehyrdated

3.

What is the noise they hear outside of Grandma's house?

a)

Her neighbors being loud

b)

Effie Wilcox trying to annoy Grandma

c)

Drifters walking through the town

4.

What is Grandma doing that is illegal?

a)

Using someone else's boat

b)

Trapping fish

c)

Trespassing

5.

What does the word 'delicacy' mean? pg. 40

a)

disgusting, repulsing

b)

to be delicate, dainty

c)

something delightful or pleasing,

6.

How did Mary Alice 'take charge' with the tomcat?

a)

She decided she would lock him up

b)

She carried a broom with her

c)

She used the chamber pot instead of the privy

7.

What is happening during 1931?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Civil Rights Movement

c)

The Chicago Fire

d)

The Civil War

8.

What could Joey hear outside of his bedroom window this summer?

a)

Cows and pigs

b)

Shuffling boots and voices

c)

Farmers planting

9.
True or False
The Cowgill brothers tipped over Effie Wilcox's privy.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
True or False
The sheriff blew up grandma's mailbox.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The Cowgill brothers were trying to steal grandma's __________________.
a)
privy
b)
milk
c)
shotgun
12.
What does grandma tell Ernie about her grandson?
a)
He was in a Chicago gang.
b)
He wants to hang out with his brothers.
c)
He put a mouse in their milk.
13.
The Cowgill brothers were trying to steal grandma's __________________.
a)
privy
b)
milk
c)
shotgun
14.
What is grandma's last name?
a)
Dowdel
b)
Down
c)
Downing
15.
Who is telling the story in "A Long Way from Chicago?"
a)
Joey Dowdel
b)
Grandma Dowdel
c)
Mary Alice Dowdel
d)
Shotgun Cheatham
16.
What does Grandma lie to the reporter about? 
a)
She lies about her husband being in the war.
b)
She lies about how Shotgun Cheatham got his nickname.
c)
She lies about why Joey stole the coffee pot.
d)
She tells him that she does NOT make her own beer. 
17.
Who is Effie Wilcox?
a)
the banker's wife
b)
a woman that Grandma dislikes
c)
Shotgun's girlfriend
d)
Grandma's step-sister
18.
Why did Grandma shoot at the coffin?
a)
She was trying to kill Shotgun Cheatham.
b)
She wanted to scare Effie & the reporter into leaving.
c)
She was aiming at a polecat that crawled into the coffin.
d)
She was having a bad dream.
19.
Who besides Grandma saw the cat move the gauze above Shotgun's body? 
a)
Joey
b)
Mary Alice
c)
Effie
d)
the reporter
20.
Who did Mrs. Weidenbach bring with her to Shotgun's wake?
a)
her old father
b)
her daughter, Daisy
c)
her husband
d)
the sherriff
21.
Which best describes Grandma Dowdel?
a)
She is a kind, gentle woman.
b)
She is hateful and doesn't like her grandchildren.
c)
She has lots of friends.
d)
She is tough and likes her privacy.
22.
On the day when Grandma and the children go fishing on the creek, what do they see the men at the Rod & Gun Club doing? (Ch 3)
a)
Singing and Drinking
b)
Shooting their rifles and drinking
c)
Singing and eating Catfish
d)
Fishing and singing
23.
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
24.

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

25.

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

26.

Who is the author of the novel?

a)

O.B. Dickerson

b)

Richard Peck

c)

S.E. Hinton

d)

John Dillinger