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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Miss Strangeworth?
(a) 71.
(b) 91.
(c) 61.
(d) 81.

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

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

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

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

8. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
(a) The Cranes' wealth.
(b) The baby's beautiful features.
(c) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.
(d) The baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.

9. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
(a) As clear and easy to understand as something from a proverb.
(b) As old-fashioned as something from a proverb.
(c) As well-known and widely understood as something from a proverb.
(d) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.

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

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

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

13. 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 Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.
(b) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(c) That even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(d) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?

2. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?

3. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?

4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?

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