Quotes 1
“Never trust an ugly woman. She’s got a grudge against the world.”
Grandma Dowdel
“It was because you wadded up your underdrawers to stop up the flue on the stove and smoke out the schoolhouse. That was the end of yer education!”
Aunt Puss Chapman
Where are Mary Alice and Joey from?
Chicago
What does Grandma use to catch catfish?
smelly cheese
“The dead is walking, and Mrs. Dowdel’s gunning for me!”
Effie Wilcox
“I don’t think Grandma’s a very good influence on us.”
Mary Alice
Why does Mary Alice not like Grandma's tomcat?
He jumps at her when she uses the privy.
Why was Grandma Dowdel kicked out of school?
stuffed her underwear in the flue and smoked out the schoolhouse
WHy does Joe go into the army?
to learn to fly an airplane
“They come on my place and wrenched up my you-know-what by the posts and flung it all over the yard.”
Effie Wilcox
“As you recall my bread-and-butter pickles have taken the blue ribbon every year since the fair recommenced after the Great War.”
Mrs. Weidenbach
Why does Grandma Dowdel shoot Shotgun Cheatham's coffin?
She is playing a trick on Effie and the reporter.
What is Grandma famous for?
gooseberry pie
Who is the winner for the oldest settler?
Uncle Grady Griswold
“Many more mice in the milk, and your customers will start keeping their own cows again.”
Grandma Dowdel
“I know you wanted first prize on the pie. You wanted it bad. And I thought you switched the card on Mr. Pennypacker’s pie with yours so you could win with his pie.”
Joey
What was Joey's puzzle supposed to depict?
Charles Lindbergh and his airplane
What does Idella Eubanks try to do?
break into Grandma's house to get Vandalia
How does Joey get money for his driving lessons?
“Grandma’s something with snakes. You should have seen----”
Mary Alice
“And when you get home tonight, I’ll take your back wages out of your hide.”
Idella Eubanks
What happens after a snake falls into their boat?
Joey faints.
Why does Grandma look after Aunt Puss?
She is kind-hearted and generous.
How does Grandma help Effie?
convincing the bank to give her house back "free and clear"