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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of her homemade beer does Grandma Dowdel tell Joey to go fetch from the cellar in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) 5-10 bottles.
(b) 25-30 bottles.
(c) 2-3 bottles.
(d) 15-20 bottles.

2. What is Miz Eubanks's first name in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Idella.

3. 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) "Handsome Lad."
(c) "When I Grow Too Old to Dream, I'll Have You to Remember."
(d) "I Want What I Have Not."

4. What is Grandma Dowdel cleaning on the kitchen table when the milk is delivered in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her silverware.
(c) Her China dishes.
(d) Her gun.

5. 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 Rolls-Royce.
(c) A Plymouth coupe.
(d) A Ford Model T.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who convinces the lawmen to leave Grandma Dowdel alone about her giving away the catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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. How old is Mary Alice Dowdel during her first visit to her Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

4. How old is Joey Dowdel during his trip to his Grandmother's in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. Where does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get the Cowgills brothers' parents in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

(see the answer key)

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