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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.
(c) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.
(d) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.

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

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

11. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(b) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.
(c) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.
(d) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.

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

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

14. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
(a) A library.
(b) A school.
(c) A police station.
(d) A museum.

15. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?
(a) Flannery O'Connor.
(b) Katherine Anne Porter.
(c) Shirley Jackson.
(d) Henry James.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

3. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?

4. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?

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

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