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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma Dowdel lend to Mr. Cowgill to whip his sons in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A leather belt.
(b) A thorny twig.
(c) A leather strop.
(d) A horse-whip.

2. What is Miz Eubanks's first name in "The Phantom Brakeman"?
(a) Idella.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Margaret.

3. What month is it every year when Joey and Mary Alice visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) April.
(d) July.

4. Who convinces the lawmen to leave Grandma Dowdel alone about her giving away the catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(b) Leota Shrewsbury.
(c) Ernie Cowgill.
(d) Earl T. Askew.

5. How does the narrator describe the food at Grandma Dowdel's house in the different stories from the book?
(a) Fine Cajun cooking.
(b) Huge and hearty meals.
(c) Sparse and tasteless meals.
(d) Haute cuisine.

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. During what historical period are the stories set in A Long Way from Chicago?

3. What does Grandma Dowdel win at the cooking competition at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. What organization does Joey say his father is a member of in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

5. What does Grandma Dowdel tell Mary Alice that Shotgun Cheatham smelled like in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

(see the answer key)

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