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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(b) Tommy Lewis's father.
(c) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.
(d) Tommy Lewis.
2. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
(a) That the front of her house has been vandalized.
(b) That her roses have been destroyed.
(c) That the police are waiting to arrest her.
(d) That her neighbors are waiting to get answers from her.
3. What do the people in town decide is wrong with Linda Stewart after they realize that she has not had a fight with her boyfriend?
(a) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.
(b) They think that she is having trouble in school.
(c) They think that she may be experimenting with alcohol.
(d) They think that there must be some problem at home.
4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
(a) They have fallen below the standards of moral, civilized life.
(b) They try to sneak around and do bad things without getting caught.
(c) They are easily led into evil actions.
(d) They can be ranked according to how good or bad they are.
5. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?
(a) Jumping rope.
(b) Roller skating.
(c) Playing with a puppy.
(d) Playing tag.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
2. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
3. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?
4. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?
5. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
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