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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 causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
(a) The baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.
(b) The baby's beautiful features.
(c) The Cranes' wealth.
(d) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.

2. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She feels guilty and ashamed.
(b) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.
(c) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(d) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.

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

4. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
(a) A school.
(b) A museum.
(c) A police station.
(d) A library.

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) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.
(c) They had a terrible fight in high school.
(d) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?

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

3. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?

4. 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"?

5. Who is Ethan Allen?

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