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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 letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?
(a) One that accuses a student of drinking during the school day.
(b) One that accuses the librarian of stealing from the library fund.
(c) One that asks how the chemistry teacher can afford such a fancy car.
(d) One that accuses the principal of having an affair with a secretary.

2. 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 there must be some problem at home.
(b) They think that she may be experimenting with alcohol.
(c) They think that she is having trouble in school.
(d) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.

3. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
(a) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.
(b) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(c) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(d) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.

4. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(b) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
(c) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.
(d) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?

3. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?

4. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?

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

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