| A | B |
|---|
| What was the thing they learned about adults through Grandma during their summers? | They didn't always tell the truth |
| Who was the person narrating this book? | Joe |
| What year did the book begin? | 1929 |
| What city did Joey and Mary Alice live in with their parents? | Chicago |
| How many summers did Joey and Mary Alice spend with Grandma Dowdel? | 7 summers |
| Who did Grandma claim was just released from a mental asylum? | Effie Wilcox |
| Who is Grandma's greatest enemy? | Effie Wilcox |
| Why did Grandma lie to the reporter? | She hates nosey people |
| Why did Effie Wilcox come to use Grandma's privy? | Hers was knocked over by the Cowgill boys |
| What was the explosion that was heard in the night? | Grandma's mailbox |
| Who ws the old woman Grandma went to cook for and feed? | Aunt Puss |
| What had swept over the nation in 1931? | The Great Depression |
| Why did Grandma set up the card table with beer and cook more catfish the night that they got home from fishing? | to feed the drifters |
| What did Joe want to do more than anything at the fair? | ride the plane |
| Who was Mrs. L. J. Weidenbach? | The banker's wife |
| Why did Effie Wilcox leave town? | her house was being foreclosed on |
| What war broke out in 1941? | World War II |
| Why did Joe want the war to last a long time? | so he could fly |
| What did Joe see as he passed Grandma's house when he was on the troop train? | he saw her house with all of the lights on |
| What was Joe's greatest memory from the summers he spent at Grandma's? | flying in the biplane after the fair |
| What does Mary Alice wear all the time? | Tap Shoes |
| Who won the talent show? | Mary Alice |
| Where are Joe and Mary Alice from? | Chicago |
| What did Joe fall in love with? | a car |
| What did the Cowgill brothers want from Grandma's house? | her shotgun |
| Why did Grandma come in second place? | She switched the name tags on the pies. |
| What type of dancing did mary Alice teach to Ray Veech? | Ballroom |
| Who does Mary Alice idolize? | Shirley Timple |
| Whose boat did Grandma steel? | Sheriff O.B. Dickerson's |
| What type of competition did Grandma enter? | a baking competition |
| What was the unfortunate event happening in 1931? | The Great Depression |
| Who was leaving town as Mary Alice and Joe were arriving? | Effie Wilcox |
| Why did Joe have to send Grandma a telegram? | Grandma didn't have a phone. |
