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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detail is included to show that Miss Chandler is upset about something?
(a) She looks as if she has not slept well.
(b) She seems distracted and is a little rude.
(c) She has clearly been crying.
(d) Her hair does not look as neat as usual.

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

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

4. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Summery."
(b) "Mild."
(c) "Golden."
(d) "Lovely."

5. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
(a) The baby's beautiful features.
(b) The Cranes' wealth.
(c) The baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.
(d) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.

6. When Miss Strangeworth is walking "daintily" along Main Street, (417), how is she walking?
(a) Quickly, briskly, as if she is in a hurry.
(b) Boldly, as if she is in charge of her surroundings.
(c) Delicately, with small steps; in a charming way.
(d) Slowly, in an unsteady and careful manner.

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

8. Which one of her neighbors does Miss Strangeworth chat with while she is checking out at the grocery store?
(a) Linda Stewart.
(b) Martha Harper.
(c) Don Crane.
(d) Dave Harris.

9. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?
(a) One month.
(b) One day.
(c) One week.
(d) She has never left it.

10. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?
(a) They have a difficult relationship and often argue.
(b) They are strange people who often seem out of touch with others.
(c) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.
(d) They are in love, in an exaggerated and perhaps foolish way.

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

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

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

14. 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 she may be experimenting with alcohol.
(b) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.
(c) They think that there must be some problem at home.
(d) They think that she is having trouble in school.

15. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
(a) They are trying to show off.
(b) They could not afford the more expensive cream-colored paper.
(c) They are almost out of paper.
(d) They are irritated at the person they are writing to.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miss Strangeworth thinks that children mocking her would be "reprehensible" (426). What would their mocking be, in her opinion?

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

4. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?

5. What literary technique is used when Miss Strangeworth asks Helen if she has upset her husband by pointing out that the baby is " six months old and hasn't yet begun to learn to dance"?

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