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

2. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Gladiolus.
(c) Carnations.
(d) Roses.

3. What job does Miss Chandler hold?
(a) Schoolteacher.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Grocery clerk.
(d) Librarian.

4. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Tommy Lewis's father.
(b) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(c) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.
(d) Tommy Lewis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?

2. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?

3. What does Miss Strangeworth seem to think her family's place in the world is?

4. How old is Miss Strangeworth?

5. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?

(see the answer key)

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