Plot
The narrator of the story.
Joey
What type of competition did Grandma enter?
Baking
What did Grandma put in the milk carton?
A mouse
Who was OB Dickerson
Sherrif
They were telling the reporter Shotgun killed a man and went to the _________.
penitentiary
What did the Cowgill brothers want from Grandma's house?
Her shotgun
A small building separate from the house, used as a toilet
privy
Where are Joey and Mary Alice from?
Chicago
How did the tomcat die?
Got run over by the train
When my sister came back with a broken arm, I offered to do her chores everyday as ________.
consolation
Who does Mary Alice idolize?
Shirley Temple
How Joey contacted Grandma since she didn't have a phone?
Using a telegram
What major event struck the nation in 1931?
The Great Depression
Whose dead body was on display in Grandma's living room?
Shotgun Cheathem
“‘A bunch of worthless boys who’d _________ the town every night is apt to drop a mouse in the milk just before delivering to my door.’”
ransack
Who was leaving town as Mary Alice and Joey were arriving?
Effie Wilcox
What Joey fell in love with?
A car
This person won the talent show at the Centennial Celebration
Mary Alice
What war broke out in 1941
World War II
“It was a ____ sight, and Mary Alice’s eyes bugged. I wasn’t sure she ought to be seeing this.”
grisly
What type of dancing did Mary Alice teach to Ray Veech?
Ballroom dancing
What place did grandma come in after switching the pies?
Second
What was the only thing that reminded Mary Alice and Joey of home?
Nehi Drink/Soda
Where would people gather in town to gossip?
The Coffee Pot Cafe
“‘. . . my bread-and-butter pickles have taken the blue ribbon every year since the fair _______ after the Great War.’”the author of the book "A Long Way from Chicago"
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