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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. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?
(a) She is too tired and decides to have a nap.
(b) She had a cup earlier in the day and thinks that a second cup is too indulgent.
(c) She believes that it will spoil her appetite for her midday meal.
(d) She has forgotten to buy tea at the grocery store.

2. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
(a) They are easily led into evil actions.
(b) They try to sneak around and do bad things without getting caught.
(c) They can be ranked according to how good or bad they are.
(d) They have fallen below the standards of moral, civilized life.

3. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A tailor shop.
(b) A lumber mill.
(c) A shipping company.
(d) A dairy farm.

4. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?
(a) "Miss Adela."
(b) "Adela."
(c) "Addie."
(d) "Worthy"

5. Which one of her neighbors does Miss Strangeworth chat with while she is checking out at the grocery store?
(a) Don Crane.
(b) Martha Harper.
(c) Linda Stewart.
(d) Dave Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Miss Chandler hold?

2. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?

3. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?

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

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

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