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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Evelyn and Carol.
(c) Christine and Marie.
(d) Sarah and Michelle.

2. Whose framed picture hangs on the wall of the Coffee Pot Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) John Wayne's.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt's.
(c) Babe Ruth's.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt's.

3. Where does Grandma Dowdel's old tomcat live?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the privy.
(d) In the cobhouse.

4. 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) "St. Louis gunslinger."
(b) "Chicago typewriter."
(c) "Wind whistler."
(d) "Brooklyn bookkeeper."

5. 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) Benjamin Washington.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mary Alice Dowdel during her first visit to her Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

2. Who does Grandma Dowdel give her extra catfish to in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

3. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?

4. What is the brand of orange soda pop that Joey and Mary Alice cherish in the narrative?

5. Who convinces the lawmen to leave Grandma Dowdel alone about her giving away the catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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