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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What manufacturing company has a big tent set up to show huskers and combines at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Allis-Chalmers.
(b) Brooks and Wilson.
(c) John Deere.
(d) Lindenfeld.

2. What was Veech's Gas and Oil before it became a garage?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A train station.
(c) A blacksmith shop.
(d) A movie theater.

3. When was John Dillinger killed?
(a) June 2, 1934.
(b) July 22, 1934.
(c) September 1, 1935.
(d) June 13, 1933.

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

5. What is the name of Junior Stubbs's father?
(a) Merle Stubbs.
(b) Robert Stubbs.
(c) Peter Stubbs.
(d) Jack Stubbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of show is put on by the ladies of the United Brethren Church at the Centennial Celebration?

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

3. 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"?

4. Once Grandma Dowdel has committed to entering the competition at the county fair, she and the kids make a pie every how many hours for the next three days in "The Day of Judgment"?

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

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