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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 the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?
(a) Irritated.
(b) Proud.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Amused.
2. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
(a) They can be ranked according to how good or bad they are.
(b) They have fallen below the standards of moral, civilized life.
(c) They try to sneak around and do bad things without getting caught.
(d) They are easily led into evil actions.
3. Who is Ethan Allen?
(a) A Revolutionary War hero.
(b) The librarian's boyfriend.
(c) Miss Strangeworth's deceased husband.
(d) Miss Strangeworth's next-door neighbor.
4. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
(a) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.
(b) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.
(c) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.
(d) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
5. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.
(b) She feels guilty and ashamed.
(c) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(d) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?
2. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?
3. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
4. Linda suggests that since no one in town seems to care about her and Dave, they should not bother to help anyone else. When Dave decides to help anyway, what does it demonstrate?
5. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
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