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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mailbox does Grandma Dowdel demand from Mr. Cowgill in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A decorative rooster mailbox.
(b) A solid oak mailbox.
(c) A galvanized iron mailbox.
(d) A stainless steel mailbox.

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

3. Where does Mary Alice suspect her parents will go fishing while they are staying at Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) California.
(d) Wisconsin.

4. 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"?
(a) She sent it to the newspaper.
(b) She threw it out.
(c) She returned it to the dairy.
(d) She fed it to the cat.

5. 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) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Benjamin Washington.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grandma Dowdel give her extra catfish to in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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

3. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?

4. What is Grandma Dowdel cleaning on the kitchen table when the milk is delivered in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

(see the answer key)

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