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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get the Cowgills brothers' parents in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) To the Holy Rollers Church.
(b) To the dairy.
(c) To the lumber mill.
(d) To the White Horse Tavern.

2. In what year is "The Phantom Brakeman" set?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1930.

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

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

5. What manufacturing company has a big tent set up to show huskers and combines at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) John Deere.
(b) Lindenfeld.
(c) Brooks and Wilson.
(d) Allis-Chalmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time are Vandalia and Junior expected to flee aboard the Wabash Cannonball train on its brief stop in Grandma Dowdel's town in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

2. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

3. What does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she did with the milk that had a mouse in it, in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

4. What does Junior Stubbs sell in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

5. How much are Vandalia's daily wages that she hands over to her mother at the Coffee Cup Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

(see the answer key)

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