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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. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

2. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With all of her attention on something amazing.
(b) With a startled, questioning look.
(c) With a focused suspicion.
(d) With a puzzled, pinched look.

3. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) A policy statement.
(b) Money set aside for some purpose.
(c) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(d) Something that has been taken without permission.

4. Who is the original owner of Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Miss Strangeworth.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her great-grandfather.

5. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
(a) They are trying to show off.
(b) They are irritated at the person they are writing to.
(c) They could not afford the more expensive cream-colored paper.
(d) They are almost out of paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?

2. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?

3. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?

4. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

5. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?

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