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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
(a) Teets Battaglia.
(b) Al Capone.
(c) Joey Doves.
(d) Big Jim Colosimo.

2. 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) John Wayne.
(b) Buster Keaton.
(c) Buffalo Bill.
(d) Tom Mix.

3. 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 she no longer drinks it.
(c) She says the kids are allergic to the milk.
(d) She says she's going away.

4. What month is it every year when Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) April.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) July.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary Alice suspect her parents will go fishing while they are staying at Grandmother's in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

2. Who is the author of the book The Hidden Staircase that Mary Alice reads in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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. 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"?

5. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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