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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. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
(a) A police station.
(b) A school.
(c) A library.
(d) A museum.

2. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Eating.
(b) Babbling and making speech sounds.
(c) Trying to move around.
(d) Looking around at the world.

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 getting absentminded.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is weird.

4. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.
(b) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(c) She feels guilty and ashamed.
(d) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.

5. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With a startled, questioning look.
(b) With a puzzled, pinched look.
(c) With a focused suspicion.
(d) With all of her attention on something amazing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?

2. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?

3. What detail is included to show that Miss Chandler is upset about something?

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

5. 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?

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