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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "country saying" that Grandma Dowdel uses when she and the kids set out to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) "Scat and skedaddle."
(b) "Go West, Young Man."
(c) "Lift up your bloomers and set sail."
(d) "Douse the fire and hide the ax and skillet."

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

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

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

5. What does Joey say the fine is for using a fish trap in Wisconsin in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) $20.
(b) $10.
(c) $3.
(d) $5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get the Cowgills brothers' parents in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. Who is Grandma Dowdel's cousin that she mentions to the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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