1. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?
(a) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.
(b) They are strange people who often seem out of touch with others.
(c) They are in love, in an exaggerated and perhaps foolish way.
(d) They have a difficult relationship and often argue.

2. 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?
(a) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.
(b) They think that she may be experimenting with alcohol.
(c) They think that she is having trouble in school.
(d) They think that there must be some problem at home.

3. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
(a) As clear and easy to understand as something from a proverb.
(b) As old-fashioned as something from a proverb.
(c) As well-known and widely understood as something from a proverb.
(d) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.

4. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Miss Strangeworth.
(c) Her great-grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

5. 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 a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.
(b) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(c) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.
(d) It is flexible in the way that facts are not.