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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it every year when Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) April.
(d) July.

2. What does Joey do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) He faints.
(b) He jumps from the boat.
(c) He kills it with a stick.
(d) He kills it with a rock.

3. 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.

4. In what year is "A One-Woman Crime Wave" set?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1933.

5. What city do Joey and Mary Alice live in growing up?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?

2. What does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she did with the milk that had a mouse in it, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

4. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?

5. How much of her homemade beer does Grandma Dowdel tell Joey to go fetch from the cellar in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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