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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?
(a) For putting rocks in the cafeteria food.
(b) For smoking cigarettes in the girls' bathroom.
(c) For shooting the school janitor.
(d) For smoking up the schoolhouse by putting her underwear in the flue.

2. Who comes to stop Grandma Dowdel from giving away catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Ernie Cowgill.
(b) Leota Shrewsbury.
(c) O. B. Dickerson.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

3. Who lives in the old dilapidated house that Grandma Dowdel takes Joey and Mary Alice to after fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) O. B. Dickerson.
(b) Ernie Cowgill.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Aunt Puss Chapman.

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

5. In what year is "The Phantom Brakeman" set?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the Blue Plate Special cost at the Coffee Pot Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

2. According to the posted sign that Grandma Dowdel and the children encounter, who owns the land where they trespass to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

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

4. How old is Ray Veech in "Things with Wings"?

5. What is the name of the dairy delivery boy in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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