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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 does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?
(a) Around the time the sun sets.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) Whenever she sees that there are not a lot of people at the post office.
(d) Very early in the morning.

2. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?
(a) She is trying to make Helen feel better about the baby's problems.
(b) The Cranes are from an even older and more important family than Miss Strangeworth's.
(c) Helen Crane has referred to her as a "princess."
(d) She is making fun of the possibility that the baby has some kind of developmental problem.

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

4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that children mocking her would be "reprehensible" (426). What would their mocking be, in her opinion?
(a) Predictable.
(b) Deserving of strong criticism or blame.
(c) Embarrassing to a social superior.
(d) Puzzling.

5. 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 in love, in an exaggerated and perhaps foolish way.
(c) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.
(d) They are strange people who often seem out of touch with others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?

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

3. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?

4. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

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

(see the answer key)

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