Long Way From Chicago chapters 1-3

What did Grandma use as bait?

• Worms

• Cheese

• Bugs

Why did Joey faint?

• He hit his head

• He saw a snake

• He was dehyrdated

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

• Her neighbors being loud

• Effie Wilcox trying to annoy Grandma

• Drifters walking through the town

What is Grandma doing that is illegal?

• Using someone else's boat

• Trapping fish

• Trespassing

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

• disgusting, repulsing

• to be delicate, dainty

• something delightful or pleasing,

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

• She decided she would lock him up

• She carried a broom with her

• She used the chamber pot instead of the privy

What is happening during 1931?

• The Great Depression

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Chicago Fire

• The Civil War

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

• Cows and pigs

• Shuffling boots and voices

• Farmers planting

True or False
The Cowgill brothers tipped over Effie Wilcox's privy.

• True
• False

True or False
The sheriff blew up grandma's mailbox.

• True
• False