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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What railroad do Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel take when they go to visit their Grandmother?
(a) The Florida East Coast Railway.
(b) The Wabash Railroad.
(c) The Wisconsin Central Railroad.
(d) The Northern Pacific Railroad.

2. What toy does Joey bring with him for entertainment at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) A baseball mitt.
(b) A jump rope.
(c) A basketball.
(d) A jigsaw puzzle.

3. What city do Joey and Mary Alice live in growing up?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Little Rock.

4. 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) Alice Thompson.
(d) Effie Wilcox.

5. Who does Mrs. Weidenbach claim will take the blue ribbon with her individual cherry tarts if someone doesn't stop her in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Mrs. Vottsmeier.
(b) Aunt Puss Chapman.
(c) Effie Wilcox.
(d) Leota Shrewsbury.

6. Who is the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Grandma Dowdel's town?
(a) Ernie Cowgill.
(b) Earl T. Askew.
(c) L. J. Weidenbach.
(d) O. B. Dickerson.

7. Who has given out complimentary paper fans at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Butler Fine Furnishings.
(b) The Northern Pacific Railway.
(c) Broshear's Funeral Home.
(d) Moose's Store.

8. Who was the rival gangster of Bugs Moran that was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?
(a) Big Jim Colosimo.
(b) Joey Doves.
(c) Teets Battaglia.
(d) Al Capone.

9. What manufacturing company has a big tent set up to show huskers and combines at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) John Deere.
(b) Brooks and Wilson.
(c) Allis-Chalmers.
(d) Lindenfeld.

10. What kind of car does the narrator describe Al Capone owning in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) A Rolls Royce limousine.
(b) A red Model-T Ford.
(c) A Lincoln limousine.
(d) A Corvette convertible.

11. Who is the biplane pilot at the county fair in "The Day of Judgment"?
(a) Leota Shrewsbury.
(b) Barnie Buchanan.
(c) L. J. Weidenbach.
(d) Earl T. Askew.

12. What is the reeking smell coming from Grandma Dowdel's cobhouse in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A dead man.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Rotten meat.

13. What is the destination city of the train that Joey and Mary Alice take to visit Grandma Dowdel?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Memphis.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Jackson.

14. In what year is "The Mouse in the Milk" set?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1931.

15. 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"?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Benjamin Washington.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grandma Dowdel tell the milk delivery boy she won't need cream or milk delivered tomorrow in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

2. Who is the author of the book The Hidden Staircase that Mary Alice reads in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

3. Who comes to stop Grandma Dowdel from giving away catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

4. Who are Mary Alice's best friends that she is upset about missing while she's at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

5. Who is the American Western film actor that Joey cites when he hears the explosion outside Grandma's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

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