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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she won't need cream or milk delivered tomorrow in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) She says she found another dairy to buy from.
(b) She says she's going away.
(c) She says she no longer drinks it.
(d) She says the kids are allergic to the milk.

2. What is the name of the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Jack Cowgill.
(b) L. J. Weidenbach.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) Peter Cowgill.

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

4. Who is described in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as "A real old, humped-over lady with buck teeth" and crossed eyes that had been the telling the reporter tales at the cafe in town?
(a) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(b) Gertrude Smith.
(c) Alice Thompson.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

5. What manufacturing company has a big tent set up to show huskers and combines at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Allis-Chalmers.
(b) John Deere.
(c) Lindenfeld.
(d) Brooks and Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ray Veech in "Things with Wings"?

2. Who lives in the old dilapidated house that Grandma Dowdel takes Joey and Mary Alice to after fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

3. What city do Joey and Mary Alice live in growing up?

4. Who is Grandma Dowdel's cousin that she mentions to the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. Where does Junior say for Vandalia to meet him at dark when he gives the message to Joey in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

(see the answer key)

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