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

2. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?
(a) Tell his grandson that she said "hello."
(b) Stock the brand of cat food she needs.
(c) Charge her for the strawberries.
(d) Remind her to buy tea.

3. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A shipping company.
(b) A lumber mill.
(c) A tailor shop.
(d) A dairy farm.

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

5. What has Miss Strangeworth written to Mr. Lewis in one of her letters?
(a) That his nephew is plotting to kill him.
(b) That his wife is cheating on him.
(c) That his girlfriend probably killed her first husband.
(d) That his grandson is stealing from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

2. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?

3. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?

4. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?

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

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