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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. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(b) Tommy Lewis.
(c) Tommy Lewis's father.
(d) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.
2. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?
(a) She believes that it will spoil her appetite for her midday meal.
(b) She is too tired and decides to have a nap.
(c) She had a cup earlier in the day and thinks that a second cup is too indulgent.
(d) She has forgotten to buy tea at the grocery store.
3. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
(a) Linda Stewart begins sobbing again.
(b) She is busy thinking about sending a letter to Dave Harris's father.
(c) One of the younger children bumps into her.
(d) She notices that a car has turned down the street and is getting close.
4. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
(a) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.
(b) She knows Linda's parents well.
(c) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(d) It is a public place.
5. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With a focused suspicion.
(b) With a puzzled, pinched look.
(c) With all of her attention on something amazing.
(d) With a startled, questioning look.
Short Answer Questions
1. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
2. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
3. What is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?
4. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?
5. What literary technique is used when Miss Strangeworth asks Helen if she has upset her husband by pointing out that the baby is " six months old and hasn't yet begun to learn to dance"?
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