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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 does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?
(a) They do not have stamps on them.
(b) The envelopes are not properly sealed.
(c) One has fallen onto the ground.
(d) She has forgotten to address one.

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

3. Which one of her neighbors does Miss Strangeworth chat with while she is checking out at the grocery store?
(a) Don Crane.
(b) Martha Harper.
(c) Linda Stewart.
(d) Dave Harris.

4. What has Miss Strangeworth written to Mr. Lewis in one of her letters?
(a) That his girlfriend probably killed her first husband.
(b) That his nephew is plotting to kill him.
(c) That his wife is cheating on him.
(d) That his grandson is stealing from him.

5. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She is a very selfish person.
(b) She understands very little about other people.
(c) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(d) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?

2. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?

3. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?

4. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?

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