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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 is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?
(a) It shows that the townspeople all need something from Miss Strangeworth.
(b) It shows that Miss Strangeworth is a helpful and kind neighbor.
(c) It shows that the townspeople like and trust her.
(d) It shows that Miss Strangeworth is nosy.

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

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

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

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
(a) She notices that a car has turned down the street and is getting close.
(b) She is busy thinking about sending a letter to Dave Harris's father.
(c) One of the younger children bumps into her.
(d) Linda Stewart begins sobbing again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?

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

3. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?

4. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?

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

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