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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma Dowdel win at the cooking competition at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) A yellow ribbon.
(b) A $25 gift certificate.
(c) A red ribbon.
(d) A blue ribbon.

2. Who always enters decorative butter pats in the county fair competition, according to Mrs. Weidenbach in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Effie Wilcox.
(b) Leota Shrewsbury.
(c) Mrs. Cowgill.
(d) Aunt Puss Chapman.

3. What is the name of the general store described downtown where Grandma Dowdel lives?
(a) Moose's Store.
(b) Jackson's Store.
(c) O'Reilly's Store.
(d) Murphy's Store.

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

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"?
(a) A hand grenade.
(b) A roll of money.
(c) A cherry bomb.
(d) A wooden nickel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

2. What railroad do Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel take when they go to visit their Grandmother?

3. What month is it every year when Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel?

4. Who is described in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as "A real old, humped-over lady with buck teeth" and crossed eyes that had been the telling the reporter tales at the cafe in town?

5. Where does Grandma Dowdel's old tomcat live?

(see the answer key)

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