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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname had the Thompson submachine gun gained after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, according to the narrator in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "Brooklyn bookkeeper."
(b) "Wind whistler."
(c) "Chicago typewriter."
(d) "St. Louis gunslinger."

2. What is the name of the town banker where Grandma Dowdel lives?
(a) L. J. Weidenbach.
(b) A. G. Askew.
(c) Jerry Anderson.
(d) Wilson Montgomery.

3. 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) Benjamin Washington.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

4. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Jasper Creek.
(b) Crimson Creek.
(c) Lake Mead.
(d) Salt Creek.

5. What is the "country saying" that Grandma Dowdel uses when she and the kids set out to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) "Go West, Young Man."
(b) "Lift up your bloomers and set sail."
(c) "Douse the fire and hide the ax and skillet."
(d) "Scat and skedaddle."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Mary Alice's best friends that she is upset about missing while she's at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. What is the reeking smell coming from Grandma Dowdel's cobhouse in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

4. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. Where does Mary Alice claim she found a puppy in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

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