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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Effie Wilcox gone to live with her sister in "Things with Wings"?
(a) Because her sister has become widowed.
(b) Because the bank has foreclosed on her house.
(c) Because Effie cannot care for herself anymore.
(d) Because her sister has fallen ill.

2. What grade does Grandma Dowdel say the milk delivery boy is in after he leaves in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Fourth grade.
(b) Seventh grade.
(c) Third grade.
(d) Ninth grade.

3. Who is the proprietress of the Coffee Pot Cafe?
(a) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(b) Mrs. Effie Wilcox.
(c) Mrs. Vottsmeier.
(d) Mrs. Ike Cripe.

4. Whose cow does Grandma Dowdel claim to have started the Great Fire of Chicago in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Mr. Butler's cow.
(b) Mr. O'Neill's cow.
(c) Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
(d) Mrs. Keene's cow.

5. How much money does Joey and Mary Alice's father give them apiece before they go to Grandma Dowdel's?
(a) $1.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) 75 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How much money does Grandma Dowdel demand the banker give to each of her grandchildren in "Things with Wings"?

3. Who from the Ladies' Hospitality Committee for the Centennial Celebration has fallen ill with "female troubles" in "Centennial Summer"?

4. What is the reeking smell coming from Grandma Dowdel's cobhouse in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. Who is the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Grandma Dowdel's town?

(see the answer key)

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