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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice that Shotgun Cheatham smelled like in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) A flower-bed.
(b) A horse stall.
(c) A polecat.
(d) An oil tanker.

3. 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"?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arkansas.

4. Who stops to use Grandma Dowdel's privy before heading home in the end of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Mrs. Cowgill.
(b) Ernie Cowgill.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Mrs. Weidenbach.

5. What kind of gun does Grandma Dowdel keep behind the woodbox?
(a) A Thompson submachine gun.
(b) A 12-gauge Winchester Model 21.
(c) A 50-caliber Desert Eagle.
(d) A Colt AR-15.

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 was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

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 toy does Mary Alice bring with her to Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. What does Mrs. Wilcox say has been destroyed in the night at her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

(see the answer key)

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