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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the barbershop quartet that performs at the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) "The Sons of the Prairie Pioneers."
(b) "The Lone Mountain String Quartet."
(c) "The Five McGuinnis Brothers."
(d) "Bobby Fuller and the Fuller Brothers."

2. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) She faints.
(b) She snaps its neck and throws it overboard.
(c) She hits it with the paddle until it dies.
(d) She shoots it.

3. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A cherry bomb.
(b) A hand grenade.
(c) A wooden nickel.
(d) A roll of money.

4. Whose cow does Grandma Dowdel claim to have started the Great Fire of Chicago in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Mrs. Keene's cow.
(b) Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
(c) Mr. Butler's cow.
(d) Mr. O'Neill's cow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time are Vandalia and Junior expected to flee aboard the Wabash Cannonball train on its brief stop in Grandma Dowdel's town in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

2. Who is described by Grandma Dowdel as the "best home-baker in the state of Illinois" in "The Day of Judgment"?

3. How does Grandma Dowdel say her old tomcat died in "Centennial Summer"?

4. What kind of dance lessons has Mary Alice been taking for the past year in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

5. What kind of stew does the Anti-Horse-Thief Society sell at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

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