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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization does Joey say his father is a member of in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) The Society of Quakers.
(b) The Conservation Club.
(c) The NAACP.
(d) The Young Republican Society.

2. What is the reeking smell coming from Grandma Dowdel's cobhouse in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) A dead man.
(b) Cheese.
(c) A dead dog.
(d) Rotten meat.

3. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."
(b) "He was a priest before he left the church and died."
(c) "He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."
(d) "He was a bank robber and a horse thief."

4. 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 rock.
(d) He kills it with a stick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Joey Dowdel during his trip to his Grandmother's in "The Day of Judgment"?

2. What is the name of the town banker where Grandma Dowdel lives?

3. Who is the American Western film actor that Joey cites when he hears the explosion outside Grandma's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

4. What kind of car does the narrator describe Al Capone owning in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice that Shotgun Cheatham smelled like in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

(see the answer key)

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