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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. Why does Miss Strangeworth think that she has a right to eavesdrop on Linda Stewart at the post office?
(a) It is a public place.
(b) She means to help Linda with her troubles.
(c) She knows Linda's parents well.
(d) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.
2. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(b) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(c) She is a very selfish person.
(d) She understands very little about other people.
3. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.
4. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.
(b) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(c) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.
(d) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
5. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?
(a) It shows that the townspeople like and trust her.
(b) It shows that the townspeople all need something from Miss Strangeworth.
(c) It shows that Miss Strangeworth is a helpful and kind neighbor.
(d) It shows that Miss Strangeworth is nosy.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
2. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?
3. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?
5. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?
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