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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 old-fashioned as something from a proverb.
(d) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.

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

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

5. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?
(a) Miss Adela Strangeworth.
(b) It is monogrammed with her initials.
(c) The Strangeworths.
(d) Strangeworth House.

6. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?
(a) The envelopes are not properly sealed.
(b) She has forgotten to address one.
(c) One has fallen onto the ground.
(d) They do not have stamps on them.

7. 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 husband.
(c) All babies develop differently.
(d) She should talk with her baby's doctor.

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

9. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?
(a) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(b) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.
(c) It is a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.
(d) It is flexible in the way that facts are not.

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

11. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) They had a terrible fight in high school.
(b) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
(c) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.
(d) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.

12. 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.

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

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

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

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. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

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. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?

5. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

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