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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 discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.
(b) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(c) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.
(d) She feels guilty and ashamed.

2. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
(a) The baby's beautiful features.
(b) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.
(c) The Cranes' wealth.
(d) The baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.

3. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Eating.
(b) Trying to move around.
(c) Babbling and making speech sounds.
(d) Looking around at the world.

4. What literary technique is used when Miss Strangeworth asks Helen if she has upset her husband by pointing out that the baby is " six months old and hasn't yet begun to learn to dance"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.
(b) Tommy Lewis's father.
(c) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(d) Tommy Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ethan Allen?

2. Which one of her neighbors does Miss Strangeworth chat with while she is checking out at the grocery store?

3. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?

4. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?

5. 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?

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