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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explodes outside of Grandma Dowdel's house in the beginning of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her tool shed.
(b) Her outhouse.
(c) Her mailbox.
(d) Her rose garden.

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

3. In what year is "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" set?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1931.

4. How much are Vandalia's daily wages that she hands over to her mother at the Coffee Cup Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) 75 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 95 cents.
(d) 15 cents.

5. Who is the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Grandma Dowdel's town?
(a) Earl T. Askew.
(b) O. B. Dickerson.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) L. J. Weidenbach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

2. 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"?

3. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

4. How much money does Otis say Grandma Dowdel has held in the bank in "Things with Wings"?

5. 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"?

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