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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) Memphis.
(b) Jackson.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) St. Louis.

2. Who is the American Western film actor that Joey cites when he hears the explosion outside Grandma's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Buffalo Bill.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Buster Keaton.
(d) Tom Mix.

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

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

5. What grade does Grandma Dowdel say the milk delivery boy is in after he leaves in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Ninth grade.
(c) Fourth grade.
(d) Seventh grade.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she won't need cream or milk delivered tomorrow in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

4. 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"?

5. What is the name of the town banker where Grandma Dowdel lives?

(see the answer key)

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