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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A lumber mill.
(b) A tailor shop.
(c) A dairy farm.
(d) A shipping company.

2. Who is the author of "The Possibility of Evil"?
(a) Shirley Jackson.
(b) Katherine Anne Porter.
(c) Flannery O'Connor.
(d) Henry James.

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

4. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?
(a) Miss Adela Strangeworth.
(b) Strangeworth House.
(c) It is monogrammed with her initials.
(d) The Strangeworths.

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

6. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?
(a) Stock the brand of cat food she needs.
(b) Charge her for the strawberries.
(c) Remind her to buy tea.
(d) Tell his grandson that she said "hello."

7. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
(a) That her roses have been destroyed.
(b) That the police are waiting to arrest her.
(c) That the front of her house has been vandalized.
(d) That her neighbors are waiting to get answers from her.

8. According to the narrator, how do the townspeople feel about Miss Strangeworth and her house and her roses?
(a) Proud.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Amused.
(d) Irritated.

9. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

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

11. 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) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Simile.

12. When Miss Strangeworth is walking "daintily" along Main Street, (417), how is she walking?
(a) Slowly, in an unsteady and careful manner.
(b) Quickly, briskly, as if she is in a hurry.
(c) Delicately, with small steps; in a charming way.
(d) Boldly, as if she is in charge of her surroundings.

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

14. 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 understands very little about other people.
(c) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(d) She understands the irony of her position in the town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?

2. What did Tommy Lewis call Miss Strangeworth in high school?

3. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?

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

5. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?

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