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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is described in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as "A real old, humped-over lady with buck teeth" and crossed eyes that had been the telling the reporter tales at the cafe in town?
(a) Gertrude Smith.
(b) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Alice Thompson.

3. Who is the author of the book The Hidden Staircase that Mary Alice reads in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Justine Butler.
(b) Albert Wilson.
(c) Carolyn Keene.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

4. In the Prologue of the book, the narrator describes Grandma Dowdel as being as "tough as" what?
(a) "An old cat."
(b) "An old boor."
(c) "A feisty mule."
(d) "An ox."

5. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Earl T. Askew.
(b) Ernie Cowgill.
(c) O. B. Dickerson.
(d) L. J. Weidenbach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

2. What toy does Mary Alice bring with her to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. What month is it every year when Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel?

4. What organization does Joey say his father is a member of in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. How old is Joey during his visit to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

(see the answer key)

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