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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
(a) That the police are waiting to arrest her.
(b) That her roses have been destroyed.
(c) That the front of her house has been vandalized.
(d) That her neighbors are waiting to get answers from her.

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

7. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is weird.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.

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

9. 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 they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.
(b) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(c) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(d) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.

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

11. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With a startled, questioning look.
(b) With a puzzled, pinched look.
(c) With all of her attention on something amazing.
(d) With a focused suspicion.

12. 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 policy statement.
(c) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(d) Something that has been taken without permission.

13. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 1.

14. 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 does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.
(c) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.
(d) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.

15. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?
(a) One that accuses the librarian of stealing from the library fund.
(b) One that accuses the principal of having an affair with a secretary.
(c) One that asks how the chemistry teacher can afford such a fancy car.
(d) One that accuses a student of drinking during the school day.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?

2. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

3. 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"?

4. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?

5. How old is Miss Strangeworth?

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