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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen Crane say she is worried that her daughter should be doing more?
(a) Babbling and making speech sounds.
(b) Trying to move around.
(c) Looking around at the world.
(d) Eating.

2. What are the youngest children at the post office doing?
(a) Playing tag.
(b) Playing with a puppy.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Jumping rope.

3. Why does Miss Strangeworth refer to the Cranes' baby as "her highness" (421)?
(a) She is trying to make Helen feel better about the baby's problems.
(b) Helen Crane has referred to her as a "princess."
(c) The Cranes are from an even older and more important family than Miss Strangeworth's.
(d) She is making fun of the possibility that the baby has some kind of developmental problem.

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

5. 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 strange people who often seem out of touch with others.
(d) They are kind people but perhaps not very intelligent.

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

7. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?
(a) They do not have stamps on them.
(b) She has forgotten to address one.
(c) One has fallen onto the ground.
(d) The envelopes are not properly sealed.

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. 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.

14. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
(a) The way that Helen Crane fusses over the baby.
(b) The Cranes' wealth.
(c) The baby's fancy hat and stroller cover.
(d) The baby's beautiful features.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?

2. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?

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

4. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?

5. The narrator says that Miss Strangeworth's letters "dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion" (424). What is this saying about suspicion?

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