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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Benjamin Washington.

2. Who offers to buy the stovepipe hat that Grandma Dowdel brings to the rummage sale in "Things with Wings"?
(a) Mrs. Weisenbach.
(b) Mrs. Vottsmeier.
(c) Carolyn Keene.
(d) Leota Shrewsbury.

3. What is the name of the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Ernie Cowgill.
(b) Jack Cowgill.
(c) Peter Cowgill.
(d) L. J. Weidenbach.

4. What is Mrs. Weidenbach's nephew performing for the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) A tap routine.
(b) A dramatic reading.
(c) A piano solo.
(d) An opera solo.

5. What war did Uncle Grady Griswold fight in?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Mexican-American War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Iraq War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the proprietress of the Coffee Pot Cafe?

2. What railroad do Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel take when they go to visit their Grandmother?

3. Where has Mrs. Effie Wilcox gone to stay with her sister in "Things with Wings"?

4. When was author Richard Peck born?

5. What is the name of Junior Stubbs's father?

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