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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.
(c) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.
(d) The Cranes' wealth.

5. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
(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 has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.

6. When does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?
(a) Whenever she sees that there are not a lot of people at the post office.
(b) Around the time the sun sets.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) Very early in the morning.

7. 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 feels guilty and ashamed.
(c) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(d) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.

8. 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 has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(c) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(d) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.

9. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?
(a) Playing tag.
(b) Playing with a puppy.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Jumping rope.

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

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

12. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
(a) It is a public place.
(b) She knows Linda's parents well.
(c) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(d) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.

13. 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 is having trouble in school.
(d) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?

2. How old is Miss Strangeworth?

3. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?

4. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?

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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