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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Mary Alice's best friends that she is upset about missing while she's at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Christine and Marie.
(b) Evelyn and Carol.
(c) Sarah and Michelle.
(d) Beverly and Audrey.

2. Who from the Ladies' Hospitality Committee for the Centennial Celebration has fallen ill with "female troubles" in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) Mrs. Shrewsbury.
(b) Mrs. Askew.
(c) Mrs. Cripe.
(d) Mrs. Vottsmeier.

3. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice that Shotgun Cheatham smelled like in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) A horse stall.
(b) An oil tanker.
(c) A polecat.
(d) A flower-bed.

4. Why does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she won't need cream or milk delivered tomorrow in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) She says she no longer drinks it.
(b) She says the kids are allergic to the milk.
(c) She says she found another dairy to buy from.
(d) She says she's going away.

5. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the song that Mary Alice and her partner waltz to at the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?

2. Who always enters decorative butter pats in the county fair competition, according to Mrs. Weidenbach in "The Day of Judgment"?

3. Whose cow does Grandma Dowdel claim to have started the Great Fire of Chicago in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

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

5. What is the brand of orange soda pop that Joey and Mary Alice cherish in the narrative?

(see the answer key)

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