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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. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.
2. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is weird.
3. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
(a) Angry.
(b) Cold.
(c) Confused.
(d) Hopeless.
4. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Golden."
(b) "Summery."
(c) "Mild."
(d) "Lovely."
5. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
(a) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.
(b) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(c) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.
(d) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
2. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
3. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
4. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?
5. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the significance of the paper that Miss Strangeworth chooses for her anonymous notes.
2. What details in the story let the reader know that Miss Strangeworth herself does not believe some of the accusations she is making?
3. What is ironic about Dave Harris being the one to find and deliver Miss Strangeworth's dropped letter?
4. What does Miss Strangeworth write to Mrs. Foster about her upcoming surgery, and what is she implying?
5. Describe the setting of the story "The Possibility of Evil."
6. Describe Miss Strangeworth's feelings about her roses.
7. What evidence is there in the story that Miss Strangeworth is well-known and respected in the town?
8. What is ironic about Miss Strangeworth's thoughts as she notices that various townspeople seem distressed?
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. Who is Linda Stewart, and why has she been so upset?
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