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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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!"

2. 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"?
(a) She sent it to the newspaper.
(b) She threw it out.
(c) She fed it to the cat.
(d) She returned it to the dairy.

3. What toy does Mary Alice bring with her to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A yo-yo.
(b) A basketball.
(c) A hula-hoop.
(d) A jump rope.

4. What does Grandma Dowdel lend to Mr. Cowgill to whip his sons in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A leather belt.
(b) A thorny twig.
(c) A horse-whip.
(d) A leather strop.

5. What kind of stew does the Anti-Horse-Thief Society sell at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Labskaus.
(b) Bigos.
(c) Burgoo.
(d) Cacciucco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Mrs. Effie Wilcox gone to stay with her sister in "Things with Wings"?

2. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

3. Who offers to buy the stovepipe hat that Grandma Dowdel brings to the rummage sale in "Things with Wings"?

4. What is Grandma Dowdel holding in her hand when Joey rushes in after hearing Mary Alice screaming in the kitchen, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

(see the answer key)

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