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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the new sign on the train platform say when Joey and Mary Alice get off at Grandma's in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) "Drifters Keep Moving: This Means You."
(b) "75 Miles to St. Louis; Rides $10."
(c) "Welcome to the Centennial Celebration!"
(d) "The Great War is Upon Us. Pray!"

2. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) O. B. Dickerson.
(b) L. J. Weidenbach.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) Earl T. Askew.

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

4. What war did Uncle Grady Griswold fight in?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Mexican-American War.
(c) The Iraq War.
(d) World War I.

5. How much money does Grandma Dowdel demand the banker give to each of her grandchildren in "Things with Wings"?
(a) $1.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) $2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the instructions for gentlemen on the new banner at the train station in "Centennial Summer"?

2. How does Grandma Dowdel describe Shotgun Cheatham when Mary Alice asks her who he was in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

3. How old is Vandalia in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

4. The narrator says that on the day of the Centennial Celebration, "People came in farm wagons and Fords from as far away as" where, in "Centennial Summer"?

5. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?

(see the answer key)

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