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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
(a) Big Jim Colosimo.
(b) Teets Battaglia.
(c) Al Capone.
(d) Joey Doves.

2. What does the new sign on the train platform say when Joey and Mary Alice get off at Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) "Drifters Keep Moving: This Means You."
(b) "The Great War is Upon Us. Pray!"
(c) "75 Miles to St. Louis; Rides $10."
(d) "Welcome to the Centennial Celebration!"

3. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Fifth grade.
(c) Second grade.
(d) Fourth grade.

4. Once Grandma Dowdel has committed to entering the competition at the county fair, she and the kids make a pie every how many hours for the next three days in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Every five hours.
(b) Every four hours.
(c) Every six hours.
(d) Every two hours.

5. How much of her homemade beer does Grandma Dowdel tell Joey to go fetch from the cellar in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) 25-30 bottles.
(b) 2-3 bottles.
(c) 15-20 bottles.
(d) 5-10 bottles.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. What nickname had the Thompson submachine gun gained after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, according to the narrator in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

5. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

(see the answer key)

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