Characters
Setting
Events
Sign of the Times
Plot
100
She could be described as elderly, large, and private
Who is Grandma Dowdel?
100
Mary Alice and Joey are from this big city
What is Chicago?
100
This is what Grandma uses the mouse in the bottle of milk for
What is to blackmail Mr. Cowgill?
100
A polite word for restroom or toilet
What is the privy?
100
This is the action that Grandma does to try to win the blue ribbon at the fair.
What is cheat or swap pies?
200
This young man visits a small town in Illinois every summer starting at age 9.
Who is Joe(y) Dowdel?
200
The entire story takes place in this state
What is Illinois?
200
This is what the Cowgill brothers came to steal
What is Grandma's shotgun?
200
Grandma did have one of these in her driveway
What is a car?
200
This is what Grandma gets to do for lying about being a blue ribbon winner.
What is fly?
300
This character screamed when she saw what Grandma was doing with milk and a rodent.
Who is Mary Alice?
300
This is where Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill were when their sons were breaking into Grandma Dowdel's house.
Where is the (Holy Rollers) Church?
300
This is Grandma's worst enemy
Who is Effie Wilcox?
300
Grandma did not have one of these in her house for Joe and Mary Alice's to be able to contact their parents
What is a telephone?
300
The item that Grandma uses to save Effie's house from foreclosure to the bank.
What is a stovepipe hat?
400
He is known as the most witless out of the Cowgill brothers.
Who is Ernie?
400
This is the first year that Mary Alice and Joey visited Grandma
What is 1929?
400
The man Grandma later blackmailed because she had seen him drunk and streaking.
Who is the sheriff?
400
This historical event left many people without jobs or much money?
What is The Great Depression?
400
The first thing that Joey and Mary Alice see Grandma shoot at.
What is the coffin or the cat?
500
This character got his name because he actually wasn't a good shooter, but Grandma used the nickname to lead others to believe he was a war hero.
Who is Shotgun Cheatham?
500
This is the time of the morning Grandma Dowdel woke her grandchildren up to go fishing.
What is 5:30 AM?
500
The people Grandma fed for free.
Who are drifters?
500
Women were not allowed to wear these in public
What is a dress?
500
The initials that Grandma places inside the hat to make others believe that it belonged to President Lincoln.
What is MTL?
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