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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. 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) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Benjamin Washington.
2. In what year is "The Mouse in the Milk" set?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1930.
3. 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 homework."
(c) "Throw a rock at you."
(d) "Give you a job."
4. In what year is "The Day of Judgment" set?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1933.
5. Who is the author of the book The Hidden Staircase that Mary Alice reads in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Justine Butler.
(c) Carolyn Keene.
(d) Albert Wilson.
Short Answer Questions
1. What baseball team's hat does Joey wear in "The Day of Judgment"?
2. From what material was the Weidenbachs' home built?
3. What grade does Grandma Dowdel say the milk delivery boy is in after he leaves in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
4. What is Grandma Dowdel cleaning on the kitchen table when the milk is delivered in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
5. Who always enters decorative butter pats in the county fair competition, according to Mrs. Weidenbach in "The Day of Judgment"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information do Mary Alice and Joey learn about Grandma's past from Aunt Puss Chapman?
2. What is the "moral of the story" based on Grandma Dowdel's actions in “A One Woman Crime Wave"?
3. Why does Mrs. Weidenbach come to Grandma Dowdel's home in "The Day of Judgment"?
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. Why does Shotgun Cheatham's death raise interest in out-of-towners in "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground"?
6. What does Joey ask Grandma Dowdel in the end of "The Day of Judgment"? What is her reply?
7. How does Grandma Dowdel go about baiting the Cowgill boys to her home in "The Mouse in the Milk"?
8. How does Grandma Dowdel describe "the truth" of Shotgun Cheatham and how he got his name?
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. What items do Mary Alice and Joey Dowdel bring with them on their trip to Grandma's in "The Mouse in the Milk"? Why?
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