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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?
(a) She is embarrassed and horrified about what it said.
(b) She is worried that part of the letter might be true.
(c) She is afraid that Dave will end their relationship if he knows the truth.
(d) She knows that he will become very angry if she tells him what is being said about him.

5. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?
(a) One that asks how the chemistry teacher can afford such a fancy car.
(b) One that accuses a student of drinking during the school day.
(c) One that accuses the principal of having an affair with a secretary.
(d) One that accuses the librarian of stealing from the library fund.

6. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?
(a) Blue.
(b) Pink.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

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

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

9. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) Something that has been taken without permission.
(b) Money set aside for some purpose.
(c) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(d) A policy statement.

10. What does Miss Strangeworth seem to think her family's place in the world is?
(a) To provide an example of kindness and concern for others.
(b) To stay isolated from the wickedness of the world.
(c) To keep an eye on everyone else and hold them to a high moral standard.
(d) To counsel others and help them understand how to live a happy and ethical life.

11. What is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?
(a) He hopes that it will help Mr. Stewart to see that he is actually a nice guy.
(b) He thinks that it might have good news in it for Mr. Crane.
(c) He has a suspicion that Miss Strangeworth is the anonymous letter writer.
(d) He hopes that Mr. Crane will give him a reward.

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

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

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

15. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
(a) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
(b) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.
(c) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.
(d) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?

2. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

3. What job does Miss Chandler hold?

4. Which one of her neighbors does Miss Strangeworth chat with while she is checking out at the grocery store?

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?

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