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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. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(b) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.
(c) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.
(d) She feels guilty and ashamed.

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

3. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Babbling and making speech sounds.
(b) Trying to move around.
(c) Eating.
(d) Looking around at the world.

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

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
(a) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.
(b) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(c) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.
(d) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?

2. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?

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

4. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?

5. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?

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