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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get the Cowgills brothers' parents in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) To the White Horse Tavern.
(b) To the lumber mill.
(c) To the dairy.
(d) To the Holy Rollers Church.

2. Who convinces the lawmen to leave Grandma Dowdel alone about her giving away the catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Ernie Cowgill.
(b) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Earl T. Askew.

3. 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) "Chicago typewriter."
(b) "Wind whistler."
(c) "St. Louis gunslinger."
(d) "Brooklyn bookkeeper."

4. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) She shoots it.
(b) She snaps its neck and throws it overboard.
(c) She hits it with the paddle until it dies.
(d) She faints.

5. What month is it every year when Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Junior Stubbs sell in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

3. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

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

5. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

(see the answer key)

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