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

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

3. How old is Miss Strangeworth?
(a) 71.
(b) 81.
(c) 91.
(d) 61.

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

5. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is weird.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?

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"?

4. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?

5. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?

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