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

2. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
(a) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.
(b) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.
(c) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.
(d) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.

3. What is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?
(a) He has a suspicion that Miss Strangeworth is the anonymous letter writer.
(b) He hopes that Mr. Crane will give him a reward.
(c) He thinks that it might have good news in it for Mr. Crane.
(d) He hopes that it will help Mr. Stewart to see that he is actually a nice guy.

4. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?
(a) It shows that the townspeople all need something from Miss Strangeworth.
(b) It shows that Miss Strangeworth is a helpful and kind neighbor.
(c) It shows that Miss Strangeworth is nosy.
(d) It shows that the townspeople like and trust her.

5. 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 even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(b) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(c) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(d) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.