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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 planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Miss Strangeworth.
(d) Her mother.

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

3. Who is Ethan Allen?
(a) A Revolutionary War hero.
(b) Miss Strangeworth's deceased husband.
(c) The librarian's boyfriend.
(d) Miss Strangeworth's next-door neighbor.

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 like and trust her.
(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 all need something from Miss Strangeworth.

5. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Rose Street.
(c) Strangeworth Street.
(d) Pleasant Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?

2. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?

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

4. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?

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