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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 tell Helen Crane about her worries?
(a) All babies develop differently.
(b) She should talk with her husband.
(c) They are just another example of the anxieties Helen has always had.
(d) She should talk with her baby's doctor.

2. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
(a) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(b) She knows Linda's parents well.
(c) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.
(d) It is a public place.

3. 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 a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(b) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(c) That even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(d) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.

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

5. When does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?
(a) Around the time the sun sets.
(b) Whenever she sees that there are not a lot of people at the post office.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) Very early in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Strangeworth seem to think her family's place in the world is?

2. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?

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

4. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?

5. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?

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