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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Grandma Dowdel holding in her hand when Joey rushes in after hearing Mary Alice screaming in the kitchen, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A bottle of milk.
(b) A shotgun and a handkerchief.
(c) A mouse in a mousetrap.
(d) A dead fish and a hatchet.

2. What is the brand of orange soda pop that Joey and Mary Alice cherish in the narrative?
(a) Zesta.
(b) Tang.
(c) Nehi.
(d) Crush.

3. How old is Mary Alice Dowdel during her first visit to her Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

4. Why does Grandma Dowdel refuse to take her pie and register it at the Domestic Services tent as soon as she arrives at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Because the livestock draws flies.
(b) Because it is too cold in the tent.
(c) Because she distrusts the other competitors.
(d) Because the pie will melt.

5. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A cherry bomb.
(b) A wooden nickel.
(c) A roll of money.
(d) A hand grenade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?

2. What is the name of the cafe that is the center of gossip and news in Grandma Dowdel's town?

3. What kind of car does the narrator describe Al Capone owning in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. When did the Great Fire of Chicago occur?

(see the answer key)

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