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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.
(b) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.
(c) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(d) She feels guilty and ashamed.

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

4. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?
(a) She is making fun of the possibility that the baby has some kind of developmental problem.
(b) She is trying to make Helen feel better about the baby's problems.
(c) The Cranes are from an even older and more important family than Miss Strangeworth's.
(d) Helen Crane has referred to her as a "princess."

5. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Amused.
(d) Proud.

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

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

8. 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 has clearly been crying.
(c) Her hair does not look as neat as usual.
(d) She seems distracted and is a little rude.

9. Who is Ethan Allen?
(a) Miss Strangeworth's next-door neighbor.
(b) Miss Strangeworth's deceased husband.
(c) A Revolutionary War hero.
(d) The librarian's boyfriend.

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

11. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Gladiolus.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Carnations.
(d) Roses.

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

13. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?
(a) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.
(b) It is a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.
(c) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(d) It is flexible in the way that facts are not.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?

2. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?

3. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?

4. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?

5. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?

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