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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the song that Mary Alice and her partner waltz to at the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) "From the Mountains, Where They Carried Heavy Crosses."
(b) "When I Grow Too Old to Dream, I'll Have You to Remember."
(c) "I Want What I Have Not."
(d) "Handsome Lad."

3. What is the "country saying" that Grandma Dowdel uses when she and the kids set out to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) "Scat and skedaddle."
(b) "Go West, Young Man."
(c) "Douse the fire and hide the ax and skillet."
(d) "Lift up your bloomers and set sail."

4. 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 livestock draws flies.
(b) Because it is too cold in the tent.
(c) Because the pie will melt.
(d) Because she distrusts the other competitors.

5. What is Mrs. Weidenbach's nephew performing for the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) A dramatic reading.
(b) A piano solo.
(c) A tap routine.
(d) An opera solo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grandma Dowdel's cousin that she mentions to the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

2. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

3. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?

4. Who comes to stop Grandma Dowdel from giving away catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. How old does Grandma Dowdel say Uncle Grady Griswold is, in "Centennial Summer"?

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