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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?
(a) For shooting the school janitor.
(b) For smoking up the schoolhouse by putting her underwear in the flue.
(c) For smoking cigarettes in the girls' bathroom.
(d) For putting rocks in the cafeteria food.

3. Who does Grandma Dowdel claim to have given Shotgun Cheatham his name when she's talking to the reporter in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Benjamin Washington.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. Who does Grandma Dowdel give her extra catfish to in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The church committee.
(c) The Chamber of Commerce.
(d) Hobos and drifters.

5. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(b) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Mrs. Cowgill.
(d) Ernie Cowgill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joey do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

2. How old is Joey Dowdel during his first visit to his Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

3. What grade does Grandma Dowdel say the milk delivery boy is in after he leaves in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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

5. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?

(see the answer key)

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