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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 put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Quarters.
(d) Rice.

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

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 priest before he left the church and died."
(b) "He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."
(c) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."
(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 kills it with a rock.
(b) He jumps from the boat.
(c) He kills it with a stick.
(d) He faints.

5. In the Prologue of the book, the narrator describes Grandma Dowdel as being as "tough as" what?
(a) "An old boor."
(b) "An old cat."
(c) "An ox."
(d) "A feisty mule."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is "A One-Woman Crime Wave" set?

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

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

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

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"?

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