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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the general store described downtown where Grandma Dowdel lives?
(a) O'Reilly's Store.
(b) Moose's Store.
(c) Murphy's Store.
(d) Jackson's Store.

2. 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) California.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Wisconsin.

3. Where does Joey say he and Mary Alice go to see the movies back home in "Things with Wings"?
(a) The Magenta Theater.
(b) The Orpheus Theater.
(c) The Oriental Theater.
(d) The Quills Theater.

4. What baseball team's hat does Joey wear in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) The White Sox.
(b) The Red Sox.
(c) The Yankees.
(d) The Cubs.

5. What is the song that Mary Alice and her partner waltz to at the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?
(a) "I Want What I Have Not."
(b) "Handsome Lad."
(c) "From the Mountains, Where They Carried Heavy Crosses."
(d) "When I Grow Too Old to Dream, I'll Have You to Remember."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grandma say pieced the quilt that Joey and Mary Alice find in the attic in "Things with Wings"?

2. What car does Joey describe as "shimmering in her loveliness" outside of Veech's garage in "Things with Wings"?

3. What is Mrs. Weidenbach's nephew performing for the talent show in "Centennial Summer"?

4. What kind of stew does the Anti-Horse-Thief Society sell at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel put in the bottom of the cauldron to prevent her apple butter from sticking?

(see the answer key)

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