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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) Leota Shrewsbury.
(b) Marie Jacobson.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Ella Richmond.

2. What kind of mailbox does Grandma Dowdel demand from Mr. Cowgill in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A solid oak mailbox.
(b) A decorative rooster mailbox.
(c) A galvanized iron mailbox.
(d) A stainless steel mailbox.

3. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A hand grenade.
(b) A roll of money.
(c) A cherry bomb.
(d) A wooden nickel.

4. In the Prologue of the book, the narrator describes Grandma Dowdel as being as "tough as" what?
(a) "An old cat."
(b) "A feisty mule."
(c) "An ox."
(d) "An old boor."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she did with the milk that had a mouse in it, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

3. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

4. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

5. What explodes outside of Grandma Dowdel's house in the beginning of "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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