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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 color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Green.

2. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?
(a) She has never left it.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) One day.

3. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is weird.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.

4. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?
(a) Jumping rope.
(b) Playing with a puppy.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Playing tag.

5. 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 startled, questioning look.
(c) With a puzzled, pinched look.
(d) With a focused suspicion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ethan Allen?

3. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

4. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?

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

(see the answer key)

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