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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(c) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.
(d) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.

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

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

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

5. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is weird.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?

2. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?

3. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?

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

5. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?

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