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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 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) Simile.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

2. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Carnations.
(b) Gladiolus.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Roses.

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

4. Who is the original owner of Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her great-grandfather.
(c) Miss Strangeworth.
(d) Her grandfather.

5. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?
(a) It is flexible in the way that facts are not.
(b) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(c) It is a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.
(d) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?

2. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?

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

4. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

5. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

(see the answer key)

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