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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 are the youngest children at the post office doing?
(a) Playing with a puppy.
(b) Playing tag.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Jumping rope.

2. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?
(a) With the scorn that people show towards those who eat, drink, or do other things to excess.
(b) In the forgiving but irritated way that an adult looks at a misbehaving child.
(c) With the kindness that a person shows to someone who needs a little extra generosity or lenience.
(d) In the surprised way that an adult looks at a child that has done something strange.

3. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
(a) They could not afford the more expensive cream-colored paper.
(b) They are almost out of paper.
(c) They are trying to show off.
(d) They are irritated at the person they are writing to.

4. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Gladiolus.
(c) Carnations.
(d) Roses.

5. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A shipping company.
(b) A lumber mill.
(c) A dairy farm.
(d) A tailor shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?

2. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?

3. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?

4. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?

5. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?

(see the answer key)

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