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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Carnations.
(c) Gladiolus.
(d) Roses.

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

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

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

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

6. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A shipping company.
(b) A dairy farm.
(c) A lumber mill.
(d) A tailor shop.

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

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

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

10. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?
(a) With the kindness that a person shows to someone who needs a little extra generosity or lenience.
(b) In the surprised way that an adult looks at a child that has done something strange.
(c) With the scorn that people show towards those who eat, drink, or do other things to excess.
(d) In the forgiving but irritated way that an adult looks at a misbehaving child.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Strangeworth seem to think her family's place in the world is?

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

3. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?

4. 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?

5. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?

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