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

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

3. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Earl T. Askew.
(b) Ernie Cowgill.
(c) O. B. Dickerson.
(d) L. J. Weidenbach.

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

5. 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 the kids are allergic to the milk.
(b) She says she's going away.
(c) She says she no longer drinks it.
(d) She says she found another dairy to buy from.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

2. Who lives in the old dilapidated house that Grandma Dowdel takes Joey and Mary Alice to after fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

3. What organization does Joey say his father is a member of in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

4. Of Grandma Dowdel, Joey says in "The Mouse in the Milk," "You didn't want to hang around her too close, or she'd" do what?

5. Who convinces the lawmen to leave Grandma Dowdel alone about her giving away the catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

(see the answer key)

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