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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does the Blue Plate Special cost at the Coffee Pot Cafe in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 75 cents.

2. Who is described in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as "A real old, humped-over lady with buck teeth" and crossed eyes that had been the telling the reporter tales at the cafe in town?
(a) Mrs. Weidenbach.
(b) Gertrude Smith.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Alice Thompson.

3. What kind of mailbox does Grandma Dowdel demand from Mr. Cowgill in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A decorative rooster mailbox.
(b) A stainless steel mailbox.
(c) A galvanized iron mailbox.
(d) A solid oak mailbox.

4. Why does Grandma Dowdel refuse to take her pie and register it at the Domestic Services tent as soon as she arrives at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Because it is too cold in the tent.
(b) Because she distrusts the other competitors.
(c) Because the pie will melt.
(d) Because the livestock draws flies.

5. 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) Effie Wilcox.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) Aunt Puss Chapman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What movie do Joey, Mary Alice, and Grandma Dowdel go to see at the movies on Wednesday in "Things with Wings"?

3. Who is the biplane pilot at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. 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"?

5. How much money does Joey and Mary Alice's father give them apiece before they go to Grandma Dowdel's?

(see the answer key)

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