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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Joey say the fine is for using a fish trap in Wisconsin in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) $10.
(b) $20.
(c) $5.
(d) $3.

3. What toy does Mary Alice bring with her to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A yo-yo.
(b) A jump rope.
(c) A hula-hoop.
(d) A basketball.

4. What organization does Joey say his father is a member of in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) The Conservation Club.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The Society of Quakers.
(d) The Young Republican Society.

5. In the Prologue of the book, the narrator describes Grandma Dowdel as being as "tough as" what?
(a) "An old cat."
(b) "An old boor."
(c) "A feisty mule."
(d) "An ox."

Short Answer Questions

1. What toy does Joey bring with him for entertainment at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

2. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

3. In what year is "The Mouse in the Milk" set?

4. How old is Joey Dowdel during his trip to Grandma's house in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shotgun Cheatham's death raise interest in out-of-towners in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

2. How does Grandma Dowdel go about baiting the Cowgill boys to her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. What does Joey ask Grandma Dowdel in the end of "The Day of Judgment"? What is her reply?

4. What does Grandma Dowdel coerce Mr. Cowgill to do to his sons in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"? How does she coerce him?

5. How does Grandma Dowdel overcome her adversaries at the end of “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

6. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in “A One Woman Crime Wave"? How do they fish?

7. How old are Joey and Mary Alice when they first visit Grandma Dowdel? How do they travel to see her?

8. What happens just before the tasting at the cooking contest in "The Day of Judgment"?

9. How does the author establish an atmosphere of the Chicago gangster scene in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

10. Why does Mrs. Weidenbach come to Grandma Dowdel's home in "The Day of Judgment"?

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