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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 is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?
(a) He has a suspicion that Miss Strangeworth is the anonymous letter writer.
(b) He hopes that Mr. Crane will give him a reward.
(c) He hopes that it will help Mr. Stewart to see that he is actually a nice guy.
(d) He thinks that it might have good news in it for Mr. Crane.
2. 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 the irony of her position in the town.
(b) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(c) She is a very selfish person.
(d) She understands very little about other people.
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?
(a) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(b) That even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(c) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(d) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.
4. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
(a) They are almost out of paper.
(b) They are irritated at the person they are writing to.
(c) They are trying to show off.
(d) They could not afford the more expensive cream-colored paper.
5. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Tommy Lewis's father.
(b) Tommy Lewis.
(c) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(d) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.
Short Answer Questions
1. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
2. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?
3. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?
4. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?
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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