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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) It is a public place.
(b) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.
(c) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(d) She knows Linda's parents well.

2. What has Miss Strangeworth written to Mr. Lewis in one of her letters?
(a) That his girlfriend probably killed her first husband.
(b) That his nephew is plotting to kill him.
(c) That his wife is cheating on him.
(d) That his grandson is stealing from him.

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 the police are waiting to arrest her.
(c) That her roses have been destroyed.
(d) That the front of her house has been vandalized.

4. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) Money set aside for some purpose.
(b) A policy statement.
(c) A meeting of an official organization or group.
(d) Something that has been taken without permission.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?

2. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?

3. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?

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

5. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?

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