1. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
(a) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(b) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(c) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.
(d) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.

2. 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?
(a) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.
(b) That even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(c) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(d) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.

3. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A shipping company.
(b) A tailor shop.
(c) A dairy farm.
(d) A lumber mill.

4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that children mocking her would be "reprehensible" (426). What would their mocking be, in her opinion?
(a) Predictable.
(b) Puzzling.
(c) Deserving of strong criticism or blame.
(d) Embarrassing to a social superior.

5. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
(a) That the front of her house has been vandalized.
(b) That the police are waiting to arrest her.
(c) That her neighbors are waiting to get answers from her.
(d) That her roses have been destroyed.