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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What soda does Joey describe as tasting "like cough medicine" in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Coca Cola.
(b) Orange Crush.
(c) Dr. Pepper.
(d) Pepsi Cola.

2. What is Grandma Dowdel's response to the performance by Mrs. Weidenbach's nephew at the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) "Now I'm half asleep."
(b) "That was a fine performance."
(c) "That made me about half-sick."
(d) "Now that was something to write home about."

3. How old is Joey Dowdel during his first visit to his Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

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

5. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Fifth grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) Third grade.
(d) Fourth grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Effie Wilcox gone to live with her sister in "Things with Wings"?

2. What is Grandma Dowdel holding in her hand when Joey rushes in after hearing Mary Alice screaming in the kitchen, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. 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"?

4. What kind of vehicle do the Weidenbachs own in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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