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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
(a) Teets Battaglia.
(b) Big Jim Colosimo.
(c) Al Capone.
(d) Joey Doves.

2. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice that Shotgun Cheatham smelled like in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) A flower-bed.
(b) A polecat.
(c) An oil tanker.
(d) A horse stall.

3. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Rice.
(d) Pennies.

4. Who does Grandma Dowdel claim to have given Shotgun Cheatham his name when she's talking to the reporter in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Benjamin Washington.

5. Who is Grandma Dowdel's cousin that she mentions to the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Effie Wilcox.
(b) Marie Jacobson.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Ella Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has given out complimentary paper fans at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

2. How old is Junior Stubbs said to be in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

3. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

4. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. In what year is "The Phantom Brakeman" set?

(see the answer key)

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