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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What toy does Mary Alice bring with her to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A hula-hoop.
(b) A yo-yo.
(c) A basketball.
(d) A jump rope.

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

3. What is the name of the general store described downtown where Grandma Dowdel lives?
(a) O'Reilly's Store.
(b) Jackson's Store.
(c) Moose's Store.
(d) Murphy's Store.

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?
(a) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(b) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Gertrude Smith.
(d) Alice Thompson.

5. 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 a priest before he left the church and died."
(b) "He was a bank robber and a horse thief."
(c) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."
(d) "He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."

Short Answer Questions

1. What toy does Joey bring with him for entertainment at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

3. In the Prologue of the book, the narrator describes Grandma Dowdel as being as "tough as" what?

4. How old is Joey during his visit to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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