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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?
(a) For putting rocks in the cafeteria food.
(b) For smoking up the schoolhouse by putting her underwear in the flue.
(c) For shooting the school janitor.
(d) For smoking cigarettes in the girls' bathroom.

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

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

4. 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"?
(a) Christine and Marie.
(b) Beverly and Audrey.
(c) Evelyn and Carol.
(d) Sarah and Michelle.

5. What is the reeking smell coming from Grandma Dowdel's cobhouse in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Rotten meat.
(b) A dead man.
(c) Cheese.
(d) A dead dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city do Joey and Mary Alice live in growing up?

2. What is the name of the cafe that is the center of gossip and news in Grandma Dowdel's town?

3. What does Grandma Dowdel lend to Mr. Cowgill to whip his sons in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

4. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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