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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Lovely."
(b) "Summery."
(c) "Golden."
(d) "Mild."

2. 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) With the scorn that people show towards those who eat, drink, or do other things to excess.
(c) In the surprised way that an adult looks at a child that has done something strange.
(d) With the kindness that a person shows to someone who needs a little extra generosity or lenience.

3. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(b) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.
(c) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.
(d) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.

4. 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) Helen Crane has referred to her as a "princess."
(c) She is trying to make Helen feel better about the baby's problems.
(d) She is making fun of the possibility that the baby has some kind of developmental problem.

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
(a) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(b) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(c) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.
(d) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.

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

7. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?
(a) Katherine Anne Porter.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Shirley Jackson.
(d) Flannery O'Connor.

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

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

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

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

12. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?
(a) "Miss Adela."
(b) "Adela."
(c) "Worthy"
(d) "Addie."

13. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
(a) As well-known and widely understood as something from a proverb.
(b) As clear and easy to understand as something from a proverb.
(c) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.
(d) As old-fashioned as something from a proverb.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?

2. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?

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

4. What detail is included to show that Miss Chandler is upset about something?

5. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?

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