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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 front of her house has been vandalized.
(d) That the police are waiting to arrest her.

2. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
(a) A school.
(b) A museum.
(c) A police station.
(d) A library.

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

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

5. 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 wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
(c) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.
(d) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ethan Allen?

2. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

3. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the exterior of Miss Strangeworth's house.

2. Describe the significance of the paper that Miss Strangeworth chooses for her anonymous notes.

3. What is ironic about Miss Strangeworth's thoughts as she notices that various townspeople seem distressed?

4. Explain how Miss Strangeworth's need to do things perfectly is shown in how she writes her letters.

5. What evidence is there in the story that Miss Strangeworth is well-known and respected in the town?

6. Describe Miss Strangeworth's relationship with Tommy Lewis.

7. What does the green letter at the end of the story say, and what does it imply?

8. To whom do the townspeople want to dedicate a statue, and why does Miss Strangeworth say that it should be a statue of her grandfather, instead?

9. What details does Jackson provide about the interior of Miss Strangeworth's house to show the pride the family has always taken in the house?

10. Describe the main character of "The Possibility of Evil."

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