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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie theater was John Dillinger leaving when he was killed?
(a) The Olympic Theater.
(b) The Sun Theater.
(c) The Biograph Theater.
(d) The Orpheus Theater.

2. 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) Gertrude Smith.
(b) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(d) Alice Thompson.

3. 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 stovepipe hat.
(b) A gas lantern.
(c) A butter churn.
(d) A wine bottle.

4. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "He was a bank robber and a horse thief."
(b) "He was a priest before he left the church and died."
(c) "He was a Civil War General and fought alongside Ulysses S. Grant."
(d) "He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke."

5. What organization in Grandma's town shows movies at their outdoor picture show in "Things with Wings"?
(a) The Lions Club.
(b) The Elks Club.
(c) The Kiwanis Club.
(d) The Freemasons Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie do Joey, Mary Alice, and Grandma Dowdel go to see at the movies on Wednesday in "Things with Wings"?

2. Who does Grandma Dowdel claim to have given Shotgun Cheatham his name when she's talking to the reporter in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

3. How much money does Grandma Dowdel demand the banker give to each of her grandchildren in "Things with Wings"?

4. What kind of car does the narrator describe Al Capone owning in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. From what material was the Weidenbachs' home built?

(see the answer key)

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