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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dance lessons has Mary Alice been taking for the past year in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Jitterbug lessons.
(b) Tap dancing lessons.
(c) Square-dancing lessons.
(d) Waltzing lessons.

2. Who comes to stop Grandma Dowdel from giving away catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) O. B. Dickerson.
(b) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Leota Shrewsbury.
(d) Ernie Cowgill.

3. How much money does Ray Veech say the car costs that is sitting in front of the garage at Veech's Gas and Oil in "Things with Wings"?
(a) $999.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $795.

4. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Earl T. Askew.
(b) O. B. Dickerson.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) L. J. Weidenbach.

5. In what year is "Things with Wings" set?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?

3. Why does Grandma Dowdel refuse to take her pie and register it at the Domestic Services tent as soon as she arrives at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. What is the "country saying" that Grandma Dowdel uses when she and the kids set out to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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