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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. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Tommy Lewis's father.
(b) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(c) Tommy Lewis.
(d) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.
2. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?
(a) They are in love, in an exaggerated and perhaps foolish way.
(b) They have a difficult relationship and often argue.
(c) They are strange people who often seem out of touch with others.
(d) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.
3. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
(a) She knows Linda's parents well.
(b) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.
(c) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(d) It is a public place.
4. 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.
5. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(b) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
(c) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.
(d) They had a terrible fight in high school.
Short Answer Questions
1. Linda suggests that since no one in town seems to care about her and Dave, they should not bother to help anyone else. When Dave decides to help anyway, what does it demonstrate?
2. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?
3. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
4. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?
5. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
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