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

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

3. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(b) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.
(c) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
(d) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.

4. How old is Miss Strangeworth?
(a) 81.
(b) 91.
(c) 61.
(d) 71.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?

2. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?

3. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?

4. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?

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

(see the answer key)

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