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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. What is the name of the cafe that is the center of gossip and news in Grandma Dowdel's town?
(a) The Soup Kitchen Cafe.
(b) The White Horse Cafe.
(c) The Coffee Pot Cafe.
(d) The Whistle Stop Cafe.

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

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

4. Where does Grandma Dowdel take Joey and Mary Alice to go fishing in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) Salt Creek.
(b) Crimson Creek.
(c) Lake Mead.
(d) Jasper Creek.

5. What does Grandma Dowdel do when a snake falls into the boat in "A One-Woman Crime Wave"?
(a) She shoots it.
(b) She faints.
(c) She hits it with the paddle until it dies.
(d) She snaps its neck and throws it overboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Why does Grandma Dowdel say to "Never trust an ugly woman" in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

3. What toy does Joey bring with him for entertainment at Grandma Dowdel's in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

4. Why was Grandma Dowdel thrown out of school when she was young?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandma Dowdel go about baiting the Cowgill boys to her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?

2. How does the author establish an atmosphere of the Chicago gangster scene in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?

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

4. How is the setting of “A One Woman Crime Wave" described? How have things changed since Mary Alice and Joey's last visit to Grandma Dowdel?

5. What is Grandma Dowdel doing when the children arrive in "The Day of Judgment"? What does this foreshadow?

6. How are the sheriff and Chamber of Commerce president described when Joey, Mary Alice, and Grandma encounter them after fishing in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?

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

8. What information do Mary Alice and Joey learn about Grandma's past from Aunt Puss Chapman?

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 are the Cowgills described in "The Mouse in the Milk"? What business do they run?

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