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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. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The baby.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Miss Strangeworth.

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

3. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A dairy farm.
(b) A lumber mill.
(c) A shipping company.
(d) A tailor shop.

4. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Carnations.
(b) Gladiolus.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Roses.

5. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Looking around at the world.
(b) Trying to move around.
(c) Babbling and making speech sounds.
(d) Eating.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?

3. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?

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

5. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?

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