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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grandma Dowdel refuse to take her pie and register it at the Domestic Services tent as soon as she arrives at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Because the livestock draws flies.
(b) Because she distrusts the other competitors.
(c) Because the pie will melt.
(d) Because it is too cold in the tent.

2. 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"?
(a) Every five hours.
(b) Every four hours.
(c) Every two hours.
(d) Every six hours.

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

4. Of whom does Grandma Dowdel say "You couldn't blast [her] off her place with a charge of dynamite" in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) Effie Wilcox.
(b) Mrs. Vottsmeier.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Aunt Puss Chapman.

5. Who is described by Grandma Dowdel as the "best home-baker in the state of Illinois" in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Barnie Buchanan.
(b) Leota Shrewsbury.
(c) Rupert Pennypacker.
(d) Earl T. Askew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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

3. Who comes in to demand her daughter's wages at the Coffee Cup Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

4. Where does Grandma Dowdel's old tomcat live?

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"?

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