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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 mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
(a) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.
(b) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.
(c) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
(d) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.

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

3. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Cold.

4. 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 thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.
(d) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.

5. 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 feels guilty and ashamed.
(c) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(d) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?

2. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?

3. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?

4. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?

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

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