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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Arkansas.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Wisconsin.

2. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Ernie Cowgill.
(b) Mrs. Cowgill.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Mrs. Weidenbach.

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

4. What is Grandma Dowdel holding in her hand when Joey rushes in after hearing Mary Alice screaming in the kitchen, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A bottle of milk.
(b) A shotgun and a handkerchief.
(c) A mouse in a mousetrap.
(d) A dead fish and a hatchet.

5. What is the name of the town banker where Grandma Dowdel lives?
(a) L. J. Weidenbach.
(b) Jerry Anderson.
(c) Wilson Montgomery.
(d) A. G. Askew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the book The Hidden Staircase that Mary Alice reads in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

2. What toy does Mary Alice bring with her to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. How old is Mary Alice Dowdel during her first visit to her Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

4. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. In what year is "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" set?

(see the answer key)

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