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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 job does Miss Chandler hold?
(a) Schoolteacher.
(b) Grocery clerk.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Librarian.

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

3. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
(a) Miss Strangeworth.
(b) The baby.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

4. What do the people in town decide is wrong with Linda Stewart after they realize that she has not had a fight with her boyfriend?
(a) They think that there must be some problem at home.
(b) They think that she may be experimenting with alcohol.
(c) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.
(d) They think that she is having trouble in school.

5. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(b) She understands very little about other people.
(c) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(d) She is a very selfish person.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?

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

3. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?

4. What has Miss Strangeworth written to Mr. Lewis in one of her letters?

5. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?

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