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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. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?
(a) She has forgotten to address one.
(b) One has fallen onto the ground.
(c) The envelopes are not properly sealed.
(d) They do not have stamps on them.

2. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Angry.
(c) Cold.
(d) Confused.

3. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With all of her attention on something amazing.
(b) With a focused suspicion.
(c) With a startled, questioning look.
(d) With a puzzled, pinched look.

4. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) She has never left it.
(d) One day.

5. 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 meeting of an official organization or group.
(c) Money set aside for some purpose.
(d) A policy statement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?

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

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

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

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

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