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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) O. B. Dickerson.
(b) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Ernie Cowgill.

2. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?
(a) For shooting the school janitor.
(b) For smoking cigarettes in the girls' bathroom.
(c) For putting rocks in the cafeteria food.
(d) For smoking up the schoolhouse by putting her underwear in the flue.

3. What is Grandma Dowdel holding in her hand when Joey rushes in after hearing Mary Alice screaming in the kitchen, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A shotgun and a handkerchief.
(b) A bottle of milk.
(c) A dead fish and a hatchet.
(d) A mouse in a mousetrap.

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 gun.
(c) Her silverware.
(d) Her China dishes.

5. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) She shoots it.
(b) She snaps its neck and throws it overboard.
(c) She faints.
(d) She hits it with the paddle until it dies.

6. 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 found another dairy to buy from.
(b) She says the kids are allergic to the milk.
(c) She says she's going away.
(d) She says she no longer drinks it.

7. Who is the American Western film actor that Joey cites when he hears the explosion outside Grandma's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Buster Keaton.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Buffalo Bill.
(d) Tom Mix.

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

9. 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 flower-bed.
(d) A polecat.

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

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

12. In what year is "The Mouse in the Milk" set?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1929.

13. 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 she distrusts the other competitors.
(c) Because it is too cold in the tent.
(d) Because the livestock draws flies.

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

15. What does Joey do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) He jumps from the boat.
(b) He kills it with a stick.
(c) He faints.
(d) He kills it with a rock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much is the charge for a ride on the biplane at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

3. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?

4. What does Grandma Dowdel win at the cooking competition at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. What city do Joey and Mary Alice live in growing up?

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