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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 literary technique is used when Miss Strangeworth asks Helen if she has upset her husband by pointing out that the baby is " six months old and hasn't yet begun to learn to dance"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

2. What kind of flowers does Miss Strangeworth send to the church for the celebration of the new minister's arrival?
(a) Roses.
(b) Carnations.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Gladiolus.

3. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
(a) They are easily led into evil actions.
(b) They have fallen below the standards of moral, civilized life.
(c) They can be ranked according to how good or bad they are.
(d) They try to sneak around and do bad things without getting caught.

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) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
(c) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.
(d) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.

5. What has Miss Strangeworth written to Mr. Lewis in one of her letters?
(a) That his grandson is stealing from him.
(b) That his wife is cheating on him.
(c) That his nephew is plotting to kill him.
(d) That his girlfriend probably killed her first husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ethan Allen?

3. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?

4. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?

5. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?

(see the answer key)

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