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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) "Start asking questions."
(b) "Give you a job."
(c) "Give you homework."
(d) "Throw a rock at you."

2. Where does Grandma Dowdel assert Jesse and Frank James are from in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Mississippi.

3. Who is the sheriff in Grandma Dowdel's town in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Ernie Cowgill.
(b) Earl T. Askew.
(c) O. B. Dickerson.
(d) L. J. Weidenbach.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who convinces the lawmen to leave Grandma Dowdel alone about her giving away the catfish in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?

2. In what year is "The Day of Judgment" set?

3. What is the name of the town banker where Grandma Dowdel lives?

4. In what year is "The Mouse in the Milk" set?

5. Where does Grandma Dowdel send Joey to get the Cowgills brothers' parents in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items do Mary Alice and Joey Dowdel bring with them on their trip to Grandma's in "The Mouse in the Milk"? Why?

2. What happens just before the tasting at the cooking contest in "The Day of Judgment"?

3. What purpose does the novel's Prologue serve? What information is related in the Prologue?

4. Who is Grandma Dowdel's biggest opposition in the cooking contest at the fair in "The Day of Judgment"? How is this character described?

5. When is "The Mouse in the Milk" set? How have Joey's and Mary Alice's opinions of their yearly trip to Grandma's changed in this story?

6. What violent events occur on Mary Alice and Joey's first night at Grandma Dowdel's house in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

7. What scene does Joey encounter when he rushes in because Mary Alice is screaming in the kitchen in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

8. What is the "moral of the story" based on Grandma Dowdel's actions in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

9. How does Grandma Dowdel trap the Cowgill brothers in "The Mouse in the Milk"? What does she tell Joey to do once she has them trapped?

10. How does Grandma Dowdel overcome her adversaries at the end of “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

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