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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Mary Alice during her trip to Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

3. What grade in school has Mary Alice just completed in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) Fifth grade.
(d) Fourth grade.

4. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New Orleans.

5. In what year is "A One-Woman Crime Wave" set?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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

4. 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"?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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