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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 seem to think her family's place in the world is?
(a) To keep an eye on everyone else and hold them to a high moral standard.
(b) To provide an example of kindness and concern for others.
(c) To counsel others and help them understand how to live a happy and ethical life.
(d) To stay isolated from the wickedness of the world.
2. What job does Miss Chandler hold?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Grocery clerk.
3. 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 is a very selfish person.
(c) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(d) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
4. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
(a) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(b) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.
(c) She knows Linda's parents well.
(d) It is a public place.
5. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. What detail is included to show that Miss Chandler is upset about something?
2. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
3. Linda suggests that since no one in town seems to care about her and Dave, they should not bother to help anyone else. When Dave decides to help anyway, what does it demonstrate?
4. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
5. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
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