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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?
(a) She has forgotten to buy tea at the grocery store.
(b) She believes that it will spoil her appetite for her midday meal.
(c) She had a cup earlier in the day and thinks that a second cup is too indulgent.
(d) She is too tired and decides to have a nap.

2. 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) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
(d) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.

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

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

5. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Proud.
(c) Amused.
(d) Irritated.

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

7. 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 is worried that part of the letter might be true.
(c) She knows that he will become very angry if she tells him what is being said about him.
(d) She is embarrassed and horrified about what it said.

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

9. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

10. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?
(a) In the forgiving but irritated way that an adult looks at a misbehaving child.
(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) With the kindness that a person shows to someone who needs a little extra generosity or lenience.

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

12. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?
(a) The Cranes are from an even older and more important family than Miss Strangeworth's.
(b) She is trying to make Helen feel better about the baby's problems.
(c) Helen Crane has referred to her as a "princess."
(d) She is making fun of the possibility that the baby has some kind of developmental problem.

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

14. 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 baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.
(d) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?

3. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?

4. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?

5. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

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