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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Grandma Dowdel's cousin that she mentions to the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Ella Richmond.
(b) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Marie Jacobson.

2. Where does Mary Alice suspect her parents will go fishing while they are staying at Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) California.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) New Mexico.

3. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."
(b) "He was a priest before he left the church and died."
(c) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."
(d) "He was a bank robber and a horse thief."

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

5. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?
(a) Rice.
(b) Pennies.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get the Cowgills brothers' parents in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

2. What nickname had the Thompson submachine gun gained after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, according to the narrator in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

3. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?

4. Who is described in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as "A real old, humped-over lady with buck teeth" and crossed eyes that had been the telling the reporter tales at the cafe in town?

5. What city do Joey and Mary Alice live in growing up?

(see the answer key)

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