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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 fail to notice about her letters?
(a) The envelopes are not properly sealed.
(b) They do not have stamps on them.
(c) She has forgotten to address one.
(d) One has fallen onto the ground.

2. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?
(a) Charge her for the strawberries.
(b) Stock the brand of cat food she needs.
(c) Tell his grandson that she said "hello."
(d) Remind her to buy tea.

3. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Miss Strangeworth.
(c) Her great-grandmother.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is weird.

5. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
(a) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
(b) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.
(c) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.
(d) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Miss Chandler hold?

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

3. Which one of her neighbors does Miss Strangeworth chat with while she is checking out at the grocery store?

4. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?

5. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?

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