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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 does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?
(a) All babies develop differently.
(b) She should talk with her baby's doctor.
(c) They are just another example of the anxieties Helen has always had.
(d) She should talk with her husband.

2. What has Miss Strangeworth written to Mr. Lewis in one of her letters?
(a) That his wife is cheating on him.
(b) That his nephew is plotting to kill him.
(c) That his girlfriend probably killed her first husband.
(d) That his grandson is stealing from him.

3. Who is Ethan Allen?
(a) The librarian's boyfriend.
(b) A Revolutionary War hero.
(c) Miss Strangeworth's deceased husband.
(d) Miss Strangeworth's next-door neighbor.

4. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?
(a) Roller skating.
(b) Playing tag.
(c) Jumping rope.
(d) Playing with a puppy.

5. What is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?
(a) He hopes that Mr. Crane will give him a reward.
(b) He thinks that it might have good news in it for Mr. Crane.
(c) He has a suspicion that Miss Strangeworth is the anonymous letter writer.
(d) He hopes that it will help Mr. Stewart to see that he is actually a nice guy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?

2. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?

3. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?

4. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?

5. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?

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