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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Memphis.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Jackson.

2. What does Mrs. Wilcox say has been destroyed in the night at her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her outhouse.
(b) Her tool shed.
(c) Her mailbox.
(d) Her indoor plumbing.

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

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

5. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice that Shotgun Cheatham smelled like in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) A flower-bed.
(b) A polecat.
(c) A horse stall.
(d) An oil tanker.

Short Answer 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"?

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

3. What does Grandma Dowdel lend to Mr. Cowgill to whip his sons in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

4. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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