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

2. 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 knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(d) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.

3. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
(a) That her neighbors are waiting to get answers from her.
(b) That her roses have been destroyed.
(c) That the front of her house has been vandalized.
(d) That the police are waiting to arrest her.

4. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Trying to move around.
(b) Eating.
(c) Babbling and making speech sounds.
(d) Looking around at the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?

2. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?

3. Who is the original owner of Miss Strangeworth's house?

4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?

5. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

(see the answer key)

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