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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. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
(b) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(c) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.
(d) They had a terrible fight in high school.

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

3. When does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?
(a) Whenever she sees that there are not a lot of people at the post office.
(b) Very early in the morning.
(c) Around the time the sun sets.
(d) In the middle of the night.

4. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With all of her attention on something amazing.
(b) With a puzzled, pinched look.
(c) With a startled, questioning look.
(d) With a focused suspicion.

5. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?

2. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?

3. What do the people in town decide is wrong with Linda Stewart after they realize that she has not had a fight with her boyfriend?

4. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?

5. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?

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