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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 roll of money.
(b) A hand grenade.
(c) A wooden nickel.
(d) A cherry bomb.

2. 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 dead fish and a hatchet.
(b) A mouse in a mousetrap.
(c) A shotgun and a handkerchief.
(d) A bottle of milk.

3. Why does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she won't need cream or milk delivered tomorrow in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) She says she found another dairy to buy from.
(b) She says she no longer drinks it.
(c) She says the kids are allergic to the milk.
(d) She says she's going away.

4. How old is Joey during his visit to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

5. What kind of gun does Grandma Dowdel keep behind the woodbox?
(a) A Thompson submachine gun.
(b) A 50-caliber Desert Eagle.
(c) A Colt AR-15.
(d) A 12-gauge Winchester Model 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "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. How old is Joey Dowdel during his first visit to his Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

5. How old is Joey Dowdel during his trip to Grandma's house in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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