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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) Tell his grandson that she said "hello."
(b) Stock the brand of cat food she needs.
(c) Remind her to buy tea.
(d) Charge her for the strawberries.

2. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
(a) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.
(b) The baby's beautiful features.
(c) The baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.
(d) The Cranes' wealth.

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

4. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(b) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
(c) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.
(d) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?

4. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?

5. What job does Miss Chandler hold?

(see the answer key)

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