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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 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) "Scat and skedaddle."
(c) "Lift up your bloomers and set sail."
(d) "Douse the fire and hide the ax and skillet."

2. How old is Joey Dowdel during his trip to Grandma's house in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

3. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Mississippi.

4. Who lives in the old dilapidated house that Grandma Dowdel takes Joey and Mary Alice to after fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Ernie Cowgill.
(b) O. B. Dickerson.
(c) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

5. What explodes outside of Grandma Dowdel's house in the beginning of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her mailbox.
(b) Her rose garden.
(c) Her tool shed.
(d) Her outhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of gun does Grandma Dowdel keep behind the woodbox?

2. What does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she did with the milk that had a mouse in it, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?

4. In what year is "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" set?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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