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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explodes outside of Grandma Dowdel's house in the beginning of "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Her tool shed.
(b) Her rose garden.
(c) Her outhouse.
(d) Her mailbox.

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

3. What does Grandma Dowdel roll across the floor at the Cowgill brothers when they break into her house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A roll of money.
(b) A wooden nickel.
(c) A cherry bomb.
(d) A hand grenade.

4. From what material was the Weidenbachs' home built?
(a) Wood.
(b) Cob.
(c) Sheet-metal.
(d) Brick.

5. Who does Grandma say pieced the quilt that Joey and Mary Alice find in the attic in "Things with Wings"?
(a) Effie Wilcox.
(b) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(c) Josie Smull.
(d) Leota Shrewsbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Grandma Dowdel, Joey says in "The Mouse in the Milk," "You didn't want to hang around her too close, or she'd" do what?

2. What does Junior Stubbs sell in "The Phantom Brakeman"?

3. Who always enters decorative butter pats in the county fair competition, according to Mrs. Weidenbach in "The Day of Judgment"?

4. Who does Grandma Dowdel claim to have given Shotgun Cheatham his name when she's talking to the reporter in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

5. What kind of mailbox does Grandma Dowdel demand from Mr. Cowgill in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

(see the answer key)

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