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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.
(b) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(c) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(d) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.

2. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?
(a) Strangeworth Street.
(b) Pleasant Street.
(c) Main Street.
(d) Rose Street.

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

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

5. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is weird.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.

6. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?
(a) 1.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

7. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
(a) Linda Stewart begins sobbing again.
(b) She notices that a car has turned down the street and is getting close.
(c) One of the younger children bumps into her.
(d) She is busy thinking about sending a letter to Dave Harris's father.

8. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Tommy Lewis.
(b) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.
(c) Tommy Lewis's father.
(d) Miss Strangeworth's father.

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

10. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?
(a) She should talk with her baby's doctor.
(b) They are just another example of the anxieties Helen has always had.
(c) All babies develop differently.
(d) She should talk with her husband.

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

12. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?
(a) With the kindness that a person shows to someone who needs a little extra generosity or lenience.
(b) In the forgiving but irritated way that an adult looks at a misbehaving child.
(c) In the surprised way that an adult looks at a child that has done something strange.
(d) With the scorn that people show towards those who eat, drink, or do other things to excess.

13. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Cold.
(c) Angry.
(d) Confused.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. How old is Miss Strangeworth?

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

5. Who is Ethan Allen?

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