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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. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) They had a terrible fight in high school.
(b) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(c) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
(d) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.

2. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
(a) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.
(b) As well-known and widely understood as something from a proverb.
(c) As old-fashioned as something from a proverb.
(d) As clear and easy to understand as something from a proverb.

3. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?
(a) "Adela."
(b) "Worthy"
(c) "Miss Adela."
(d) "Addie."

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

5. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A lumber mill.
(b) A dairy farm.
(c) A tailor shop.
(d) A shipping company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?

2. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?

3. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?

4. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?

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

(see the answer key)

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