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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 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 flexible in the way that facts are not.
(d) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.

2. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
(a) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
(b) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.
(c) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.
(d) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.

3. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The baby.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Miss Strangeworth.

4. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Lovely."
(b) "Summery."
(c) "Mild."
(d) "Golden."

5. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?
(a) "Miss Adela."
(b) "Adela."
(c) "Worthy"
(d) "Addie."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Miss Strangeworth?

2. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?

3. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?

4. 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?

5. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?

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