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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) Gladiolus.
(b) Carnations.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Roses.

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

3. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She is a very selfish person.
(b) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(c) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(d) She understands very little about other people.

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

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
(a) She is busy thinking about sending a letter to Dave Harris's father.
(b) One of the younger children bumps into her.
(c) Linda Stewart begins sobbing again.
(d) She notices that a car has turned down the street and is getting close.

6. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?
(a) She should talk with her baby's doctor.
(b) She should talk with her husband.
(c) They are just another example of the anxieties Helen has always had.
(d) All babies develop differently.

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

8. 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 a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.
(b) That even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(c) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(d) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.

9. 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 all of her attention on something amazing.
(c) With a focused suspicion.
(d) With a puzzled, pinched look.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. What job does Miss Chandler hold?

4. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?

5. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?

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