6th & 7th Chapters of "A Year Down Yonder"

Who was the "Dangerous Man" in this chapter?

• A drifter from the big city.

• A homeless man looking for work.

• A man working for the mafia.

• An artist from New York.

What was the stranger going to paint?

• Murals in the post office

• The local hotel ballroom

• The school gym

• Old Man Nyquist's house

Who hired the man to paint pictures in the post office?

• The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

• The Federal Government

• The Banker, LJ Weidenbach

• The State of Illinois

Why did Grandma charge him so much for room and board at her place?

• She wanted to get some of her tax money back from the Government.

• She knew he was being paid too much money from the Government.

• She didn't like artists and felt like he was a cheat.

• She believed he was rich and could afford to pay her a lot of money for room and board.

Who was Royce McNabb?

• A boy from out of town that Mary Alice liked a lot.

• A boy from Chicago that Mary Alice knew very well.

• A boy from New York who was sent to live with his grandparents.

• A boy who wanted to see what life in a small town was like.

Mary Alice invited Royce over to her house on a Sunday afternoon to help her with her math.

• True

• False

What was living in the attic of Grandma Dowdel's house?

• A raccoon

• A large snake

• A couple of squirrels

• A large rat

Why was Maxine Patch, the postmistress, running out from the attic of Grandma Dowdel's house wearing only the snake around her body?

• She liked snakes and was trying to impress the artist by wearing one.

• The artist was painting her in the nude when the snake fell from the attic onto her.

• She had come to Grandma Dowdel's house to wash her clothes when the snake surprised her as it fell from the ceiling onto her.

Why did Grandma keep a snake in her attic?

• She had it as a pet from when her son was younger and couldn't get rid of it.

• She didn't really know it was there.

• It ate the mice that wanted to live in her attic.

• It caught and ate the birds that tried to live in her attic.

Grandma Dowdel had Mary Alice invite her teacher, Miss Butler over for dinner knowing the artist, Arnold Green, would be there, too.

• True

• False