1. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?
(a) With the scorn that people show towards those who eat, drink, or do other things to excess.
(b) With the kindness that a person shows to someone who needs a little extra generosity or lenience.
(c) In the surprised way that an adult looks at a child that has done something strange.
(d) In the forgiving but irritated way that an adult looks at a misbehaving child.

2. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?
(a) They are irritated at the person they are writing to.
(b) They could not afford the more expensive cream-colored paper.
(c) They are almost out of paper.
(d) They are trying to show off.

3. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?
(a) "Adela."
(b) "Miss Adela."
(c) "Addie."
(d) "Worthy"

4. What do the people in town decide is wrong with Linda Stewart after they realize that she has not had a fight with her boyfriend?
(a) They think that there must be some problem at home.
(b) They think that she is having trouble in school.
(c) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.
(d) They think that she may be experimenting with alcohol.

5. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
(a) It was not usual for adults in this time to use one another's first names.
(b) He asked her to marry him and then broke off their engagement.
(c) They had a terrible fight in high school.
(d) She thinks that his status as a grocer is beneath her.