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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) The envelopes are not properly sealed.
(b) One has fallen onto the ground.
(c) They do not have stamps on them.
(d) She has forgotten to address one.

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

3. 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"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?

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

3. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

4. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?

5. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?

(see the answer key)

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