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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?
(a) She has never left it.
(b) One month.
(c) One day.
(d) One week.

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

3. 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 even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(c) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(d) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

11. 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"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

12. Miss Strangeworth thinks that children mocking her would be "reprehensible" (426). What would their mocking be, in her opinion?
(a) Predictable.
(b) Puzzling.
(c) Deserving of strong criticism or blame.
(d) Embarrassing to a social superior.

13. 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) Very early in the morning.
(d) In the middle of the night.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?

2. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?

3. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?

4. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?

5. When Miss Strangeworth is walking "daintily" along Main Street, (417), how is she walking?

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