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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 fail to notice about her letters?
(a) They do not have stamps on them.
(b) The envelopes are not properly sealed.
(c) She has forgotten to address one.
(d) One has fallen onto the ground.

2. 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 thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.
(c) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(d) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.

3. Who is the original owner of Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Miss Strangeworth.

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. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?
(a) Miss Adela Strangeworth.
(b) The Strangeworths.
(c) It is monogrammed with her initials.
(d) Strangeworth House.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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