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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. 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 Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(c) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(d) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.

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

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

4. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(b) A policy statement.
(c) Money set aside for some purpose.
(d) Something that has been taken without permission.

5. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?
(a) She is embarrassed and horrified about what it said.
(b) She knows that he will become very angry if she tells him what is being said about him.
(c) She is afraid that Dave will end their relationship if he knows the truth.
(d) She is worried that part of the letter might be true.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ethan Allen?

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

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

4. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?

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

(see the answer key)

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