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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Grandma Dowdel claim to have given Shotgun Cheatham his name when she's talking to the reporter in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Benjamin Washington.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

3. What does Grandma Dowdel lend to Mr. Cowgill to whip his sons in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A leather strop.
(b) A thorny twig.
(c) A horse-whip.
(d) A leather belt.

4. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
(a) Al Capone.
(b) Joey Doves.
(c) Big Jim Colosimo.
(d) Teets Battaglia.

5. What is the name of the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Jack Cowgill.
(b) Peter Cowgill.
(c) L. J. Weidenbach.
(d) Ernie Cowgill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Wilcox say has been destroyed in the night at her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice that Shotgun Cheatham smelled like in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

4. Who are Mary Alice's best friends that she is upset about missing while she's at 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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