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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. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
(a) A school.
(b) A police station.
(c) A museum.
(d) A library.

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

3. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?
(a) It is monogrammed with her initials.
(b) Strangeworth House.
(c) The Strangeworths.
(d) Miss Adela Strangeworth.

4. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Lovely."
(b) "Summery."
(c) "Mild."
(d) "Golden."

5. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Tommy Lewis's father.
(b) Tommy Lewis.
(c) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(d) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

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

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

4. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?

5. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?

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