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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. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is weird.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.

2. When Miss Strangeworth is walking "daintily" along Main Street, (417), how is she walking?
(a) Boldly, as if she is in charge of her surroundings.
(b) Delicately, with small steps; in a charming way.
(c) Quickly, briskly, as if she is in a hurry.
(d) Slowly, in an unsteady and careful manner.

3. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) They had a terrible fight in high school.
(b) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
(c) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(d) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.

4. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Cold.
(d) Hopeless.

5. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
(a) They are easily led into evil actions.
(b) They can be ranked according to how good or bad they are.
(c) They try to sneak around and do bad things without getting caught.
(d) They have fallen below the standards of moral, civilized life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?

2. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?

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

4. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?

5. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?

(see the answer key)

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