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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."
(b) "He was a priest before he left the church and died."
(c) "He was a bank robber and a horse thief."
(d) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."

3. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Missouri.

4. Who has given out complimentary paper fans at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) The Northern Pacific Railway.
(b) Butler Fine Furnishings.
(c) Moose's Store.
(d) Broshear's Funeral Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the posted sign that Grandma Dowdel and the children encounter, who owns the land where they trespass to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

2. What does Grandma Dowdel lend to Mr. Cowgill to whip his sons in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. Of Grandma Dowdel, Joey says in "The Mouse in the Milk," "You didn't want to hang around her too close, or she'd" do what?

4. What is the cost for entrance at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

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

(see the answer key)

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