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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. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?
(a) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.
(b) It is a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.
(c) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(d) It is flexible in the way that facts are not.
2. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Babbling and making speech sounds.
(b) Eating.
(c) Trying to move around.
(d) Looking around at the world.
3. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
(a) She is busy thinking about sending a letter to Dave Harris's father.
(b) One of the younger children bumps into her.
(c) Linda Stewart begins sobbing again.
(d) She notices that a car has turned down the street and is getting close.
4. Who is Ethan Allen?
(a) Miss Strangeworth's next-door neighbor.
(b) A Revolutionary War hero.
(c) Miss Strangeworth's deceased husband.
(d) The librarian's boyfriend.
5. 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 even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(b) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(c) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.
(d) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
2. What does Miss Strangeworth seem to think her family's place in the world is?
3. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
4. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
5. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
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