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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 thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?
(a) They have a difficult relationship and often argue.
(b) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.
(c) They are in love, in an exaggerated and perhaps foolish way.
(d) They are strange people who often seem out of touch with others.

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

3. What literary technique is used when Miss Strangeworth asks Helen if she has upset her husband by pointing out that the baby is " six months old and hasn't yet begun to learn to dance"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

4. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Shirley Jackson.
(c) Flannery O'Connor.
(d) Katherine Anne Porter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?

3. What detail is included to show that Miss Chandler is upset about something?

4. When Miss Strangeworth is walking "daintily" along Main Street, (417), how is she walking?

5. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?

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