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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. 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?
(a) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(b) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.
(c) That even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(d) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
2. Who is the original owner of Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Miss Strangeworth.
3. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She is a very selfish person.
(b) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(c) She understands very little about other people.
(d) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
4. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Miss Strangeworth.
(d) Her great-grandmother.
5. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
(a) Linda Stewart begins sobbing again.
(b) She notices that a car has turned down the street and is getting close.
(c) She is busy thinking about sending a letter to Dave Harris's father.
(d) One of the younger children bumps into her.
Short Answer Questions
1. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?
2. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
3. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
4. When does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?
5. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
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