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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. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With a puzzled, pinched look.
(b) With all of her attention on something amazing.
(c) With a focused suspicion.
(d) With a startled, questioning look.
2. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?
(a) They are just another example of the anxieties Helen has always had.
(b) She should talk with her baby's doctor.
(c) She should talk with her husband.
(d) All babies develop differently.
3. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
(a) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.
(b) As well-known and widely understood as something from a proverb.
(c) As clear and easy to understand as something from a proverb.
(d) As old-fashioned as something from a proverb.
4. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She is a very selfish person.
(b) She understands very little about other people.
(c) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(d) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
5. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
(a) Miss Strangeworth.
(b) The baby.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?
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. Linda suggests that since no one in town seems to care about her and Dave, they should not bother to help anyone else. When Dave decides to help anyway, what does it demonstrate?
4. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
5. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?
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