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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) Money set aside for some purpose.
(b) Something that has been taken without permission.
(c) A policy statement.
(d) A meeting of an official organization or group.

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

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

5. For how many years has Miss Strangeworth been writing her anonymous letters?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

6. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?
(a) A school.
(b) A library.
(c) A museum.
(d) A police station.

7. 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 a negative force in the lives of the people of the town.
(b) It is flexible in the way that facts are not.
(c) It is something that Miss Strangeworth feels more and more over time.
(d) It is the kind of thing that people argue about.

8. According to Miss Strangeworth, to whom should Helen apologize?
(a) The baby.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Miss Strangeworth.

9. When does Miss Strangeworth generally mail her letters?
(a) Very early in the morning.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) Around the time the sun sets.
(d) Whenever she sees that there are not a lot of people at the post office.

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

11. Linda suggests that since no one in town seems to care about her and Dave, they should not bother to help anyone else. When Dave decides to help anyway, what does it demonstrate?
(a) That even the town's teenagers are more mature than Miss Strangeworth.
(b) That Miss Strangeworth would not be so isolated if she were a kinder person.
(c) That Linda is really the problem in their relationship, not Dave.
(d) That a good person chooses to be kind and helpful even in difficult times.

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

13. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?
(a) Linda Stewart begins sobbing again.
(b) She notices that a car has turned down the street and is getting close.
(c) She is busy thinking about sending a letter to Dave Harris's father.
(d) One of the younger children bumps into her.

14. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?
(a) She is worried that part of the letter might be true.
(b) She is embarrassed and horrified about what it said.
(c) She is afraid that Dave will end their relationship if he knows the truth.
(d) She knows that he will become very angry if she tells him what is being said about him.

15. 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) It is "her" town and she needs to know if "her" people are in trouble.
(c) She knows Linda's parents well.
(d) She means to help Linda with her troubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?

2. 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?

3. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

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

5. Why does Miss Strangeworth feel so certain that the children in front of the post office will be respectful toward her?

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