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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the posted sign that Grandma Dowdel and the children encounter, who owns the land where they trespass to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) The United States Fish and Game Commission.
(b) The Ladies of the DAR.
(c) The Winchester County Elks Club.
(d) The Piatt County Rod and Gun Club.

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"?
(a) She sent it to the newspaper.
(b) She fed it to the cat.
(c) She returned it to the dairy.
(d) She threw it out.

3. What does Mrs. Wilcox say has been destroyed in the night at her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her tool shed.
(b) Her indoor plumbing.
(c) Her mailbox.
(d) Her outhouse.

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

5. Where does Mary Alice suspect her parents will go fishing while they are staying at Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of the book The Hidden Staircase that Mary Alice reads in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

4. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

(see the answer key)

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