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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives in the old dilapidated house that Grandma Dowdel takes Joey and Mary Alice to after fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(b) Ernie Cowgill.
(c) O. B. Dickerson.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

2. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
(a) Al Capone.
(b) Joey Doves.
(c) Teets Battaglia.
(d) Big Jim Colosimo.

3. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Crimson Creek.
(b) Jasper Creek.
(c) Lake Mead.
(d) Salt Creek.

4. What kind of stew does the Anti-Horse-Thief Society sell at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Bigos.
(b) Burgoo.
(c) Labskaus.
(d) Cacciucco.

5. What is the reeking smell coming from Grandma Dowdel's cobhouse in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Rotten meat.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A dead dog.

6. 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) A polecat.
(c) A flower-bed.
(d) An oil tanker.

7. What does Mrs. Wilcox say has been destroyed in the night at her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her mailbox.
(b) Her tool shed.
(c) Her indoor plumbing.
(d) Her outhouse.

8. What is the cost for entrance at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) 5 cents.
(c) 10 cents.
(d) 1 cent.

9. 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) Beverly and Audrey.
(b) Sarah and Michelle.
(c) Christine and Marie.
(d) Evelyn and Carol.

10. Why does Grandma Dowdel refuse to take her pie and register it at the Domestic Services tent as soon as she arrives at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Because the pie will melt.
(b) Because it is too cold in the tent.
(c) Because the livestock draws flies.
(d) Because she distrusts the other competitors.

11. What does Grandma Dowdel lend to Mr. Cowgill to whip his sons in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A leather strop.
(b) A horse-whip.
(c) A thorny twig.
(d) A leather belt.

12. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(b) Ernie Cowgill.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Mrs. Cowgill.

13. What baseball team's hat does Joey wear in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) The Cubs.
(b) The White Sox.
(c) The Yankees.
(d) The Red Sox.

14. Who is described by Grandma Dowdel as the "best home-baker in the state of Illinois" in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Earl T. Askew.
(b) Barnie Buchanan.
(c) Rupert Pennypacker.
(d) Leota Shrewsbury.

15. What nickname had the Thompson submachine gun gained after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, according to the narrator in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) "Wind whistler."
(b) "Chicago typewriter."
(c) "St. Louis gunslinger."
(d) "Brooklyn bookkeeper."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year is "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" set?

3. What is the name of the cafe that is the center of gossip and news in Grandma Dowdel's town?

4. Who is the author of the book The Hidden Staircase that Mary Alice reads in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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