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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What car does Joey describe as "shimmering in her loveliness" outside of Veech's garage in "Things with Wings"?
(a) A Terraplane 8.
(b) A Plymouth coupe.
(c) A Ford Model T.
(d) A Rolls-Royce.

2. What is the song that Mary Alice and her partner waltz to at the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) "From the Mountains, Where They Carried Heavy Crosses."
(b) "I Want What I Have Not."
(c) "Handsome Lad."
(d) "When I Grow Too Old to Dream, I'll Have You to Remember."

3. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Fourth grade.
(c) Second grade.
(d) Fifth grade.

4. What baseball team's hat does Joey wear in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) The Red Sox.
(b) The Cubs.
(c) The White Sox.
(d) The Yankees.

5. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Joey and Mary Alice to look for in addition to historical clothes in the attic in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) A gas lantern.
(b) A stovepipe hat.
(c) A wine bottle.
(d) A butter churn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Joey and Mary Alice's father give them apiece before they go to Grandma Dowdel's?

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

4. In what year is "A One-Woman Crime Wave" set?

5. Who from the Ladies' Hospitality Committee for the Centennial Celebration has fallen ill with a "nervous condition" in "Centennial Summer"?

(see the answer key)

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