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

2. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Lovely."
(b) "Mild."
(c) "Golden."
(d) "Summery."

3. What detail is included to show that Miss Chandler is upset about something?
(a) She looks as if she has not slept well.
(b) She has clearly been crying.
(c) Her hair does not look as neat as usual.
(d) She seems distracted and is a little rude.

4. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?
(a) The Strangeworths.
(b) It is monogrammed with her initials.
(c) Miss Adela Strangeworth.
(d) Strangeworth House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?

2. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?

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

4. 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?

5. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?

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