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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. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) Something that has been taken without permission.
(b) A policy statement.
(c) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(d) Money set aside for some purpose.

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

3. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?
(a) In the surprised way that an adult looks at a child that has done something strange.
(b) With the kindness that a person shows to someone who needs a little extra generosity or lenience.
(c) With the scorn that people show towards those who eat, drink, or do other things to excess.
(d) In the forgiving but irritated way that an adult looks at a misbehaving child.

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

5. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?
(a) Strangeworth Street.
(b) Pleasant Street.
(c) Rose Street.
(d) Main Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?

2. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?

3. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?

4. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?

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

(see the answer key)

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