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

2. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?
(a) All babies develop differently.
(b) They are just another example of the anxieties Helen has always had.
(c) She should talk with her baby's doctor.
(d) She should talk with her husband.

3. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
(a) They are easily led into evil actions.
(b) They have fallen below the standards of moral, civilized life.
(c) They can be ranked according to how good or bad they are.
(d) They try to sneak around and do bad things without getting caught.

4. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) Money set aside for some purpose.
(b) A policy statement.
(c) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(d) Something that has been taken without permission.

5. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She understands very little about other people.
(b) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(c) She is a very selfish person.
(d) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Miss Chandler hold?

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

3. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?

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

5. What does Miss Strangeworth seem to think her family's place in the world is?

(see the answer key)

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