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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Grandma Dowdel cleaning on the kitchen table when the milk is delivered in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her gun.
(c) Her silverware.
(d) Her China dishes.

2. In what year is "The Mouse in the Milk" set?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1931.

3. 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) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(b) Alice Thompson.
(c) Gertrude Smith.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

4. Why does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she won't need cream or milk delivered tomorrow in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) She says she's going away.
(b) She says the kids are allergic to the milk.
(c) She says she found another dairy to buy from.
(d) She says she no longer drinks it.

5. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."
(b) "He was a bank robber and a horse thief."
(c) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."
(d) "He was a priest before he left the church and died."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is "A One-Woman Crime Wave" set?

2. Who is the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Grandma Dowdel's town?

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

4. What grade does Grandma Dowdel say the milk delivery boy is in after he leaves in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. Why does Grandma Dowdel say to "Never trust an ugly woman" in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

(see the answer key)

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