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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 did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?
(a) "Miss Adela."
(b) "Adela."
(c) "Worthy"
(d) "Addie."

2. Who is Ethan Allen?
(a) Miss Strangeworth's deceased husband.
(b) A Revolutionary War hero.
(c) Miss Strangeworth's next-door neighbor.
(d) The librarian's boyfriend.

3. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) They had a terrible fight in high school.
(b) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(c) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
(d) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.

4. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
(a) That the front of her house has been vandalized.
(b) That her neighbors are waiting to get answers from her.
(c) That her roses have been destroyed.
(d) That the police are waiting to arrest her.

5. How old is Miss Strangeworth?
(a) 91.
(b) 61.
(c) 81.
(d) 71.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?

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

3. Miss Strangeworth thinks that children mocking her would be "reprehensible" (426). What would their mocking be, in her opinion?

4. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?

5. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?

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