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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. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?
(a) She is making fun of the possibility that the baby has some kind of developmental problem.
(b) The Cranes are from an even older and more important family than Miss Strangeworth's.
(c) Helen Crane has referred to her as a "princess."
(d) She is trying to make Helen feel better about the baby's problems.

2. 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) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
(a) As clear and easy to understand as something from a proverb.
(b) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.
(c) As well-known and widely understood as something from a proverb.
(d) As old-fashioned as something from a proverb.

4. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
(a) They are almost out of paper.
(b) They are trying to show off.
(c) They are irritated at the person they are writing to.
(d) They could not afford the more expensive cream-colored paper.

5. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Summery."
(b) "Mild."
(c) "Golden."
(d) "Lovely."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

2. When does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?

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

4. Who is the original owner of Miss Strangeworth's house?

5. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?

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