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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Joey Dowdel when he visits his Grandmother in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

2. Who is the American Western film actor that Joey cites when he hears the explosion outside Grandma's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Buffalo Bill.
(b) Tom Mix.
(c) Buster Keaton.
(d) John Wayne.

3. In what year is "A One-Woman Crime Wave" set?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1931.

4. How old does Grandma Dowdel say Uncle Grady Griswold is, in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) 93.
(b) 105.
(c) 103.
(d) 95.

5. The narrator says that on the day of the Centennial Celebration, "People came in farm wagons and Fords from as far away as" where, in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) "St. Louis and Chicago."
(b) "Little Rock and Hot Springs."
(c) "Memphis and Jackson."
(d) "Bement and Tuscola."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Joey and Mary Alice to look for in addition to historical clothes in the attic in "Centennial Summer"?

2. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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

4. Who does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice and Joey that the stovepipe hat in the attic once belonged to in the beginning of "Things with Wings"?

5. What war did Uncle Grady Griswold fight in?

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