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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Simile.

5. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Eating.
(b) Trying to move around.
(c) Looking around at the world.
(d) Babbling and making speech sounds.

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

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

8. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
(a) They can be ranked according to how good or bad they are.
(b) They try to sneak around and do bad things without getting caught.
(c) They are easily led into evil actions.
(d) They have fallen below the standards of moral, civilized life.

9. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The baby.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Miss Strangeworth.

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

11. When Miss Strangeworth is walking "daintily" along Main Street, (417), how is she walking?
(a) Delicately, with small steps; in a charming way.
(b) Boldly, as if she is in charge of her surroundings.
(c) Quickly, briskly, as if she is in a hurry.
(d) Slowly, in an unsteady and careful manner.

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

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

14. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) Money set aside for some purpose.
(b) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(c) Something that has been taken without permission.
(d) A policy statement.

15. 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 flexible in the way that facts are not.
(b) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.
(c) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(d) It is a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?

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

3. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?

4. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?

5. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?

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