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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 does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
(a) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(b) She knows Linda's parents well.
(c) It is a public place.
(d) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.

2. How old is Miss Strangeworth?
(a) 71.
(b) 61.
(c) 91.
(d) 81.

3. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
(a) Miss Strangeworth.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The baby.

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

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

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. 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?

4. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?

5. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?

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