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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detail is included to show that Miss Chandler is upset about something?
(a) She looks as if she has not slept well.
(b) She seems distracted and is a little rude.
(c) Her hair does not look as neat as usual.
(d) She has clearly been crying.

2. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?
(a) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.
(b) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(c) It is a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.
(d) It is flexible in the way that facts are not.

3. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?
(a) She knows that the children of the town have all be raised to respect older people.
(b) She thinks that they would not dare to make fun of someone as important as her.
(c) She has been a good friend to their families and knows most of them by name.
(d) She thinks that there is nothing about her that a person could possibly make fun of.

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

5. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?
(a) One week.
(b) One day.
(c) One month.
(d) She has never left it.

6. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
(a) She wishes that she were more accepted as a "regular person" in the town.
(b) She has less money than she pretends to and cannot afford to write so often on the expensive stationery.
(c) She is trying to make sure that her letters blend in with all of the other letters and notes in town.
(d) She does not think that her neighbors deserve her really nice stationery.

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

8. 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.

9. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She is a very selfish person.
(b) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(c) She understands very little about other people.
(d) She understands the irony of her position in the town.

10. How old is Miss Strangeworth?
(a) 61.
(b) 81.
(c) 91.
(d) 71.

11. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.
(b) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.
(c) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.
(d) She feels guilty and ashamed.

12. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?
(a) One that accuses the librarian of stealing from the library fund.
(b) One that asks how the chemistry teacher can afford such a fancy car.
(c) One that accuses the principal of having an affair with a secretary.
(d) One that accuses a student of drinking during the school day.

13. What is Dave Harris's reason for hand-delivering one of Miss Strangeworth's letters?
(a) He hopes that it will help Mr. Stewart to see that he is actually a nice guy.
(b) He thinks that it might have good news in it for Mr. Crane.
(c) He hopes that Mr. Crane will give him a reward.
(d) He has a suspicion that Miss Strangeworth is the anonymous letter writer.

14. 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.

15. Miss Strangeworth thinks that the Cranes are "infatuated" (421). What would this mean is true about the couple?
(a) They are in love, in an exaggerated and perhaps foolish way.
(b) They have a difficult relationship and often argue.
(c) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.
(d) They are strange people who often seem out of touch with others.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?

2. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

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

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

5. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?

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