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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What job does Miss Chandler hold?
(a) Grocery clerk.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Schoolteacher.
(d) Librarian.
2. 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) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.
3. What mood is evoked by the detail about Miss Strangeworth's table being capable of expanding to seat 22?
(a) Jealousy, because her family has so much money.
(b) Anger, because she isolates herself from the world.
(c) Pity, because she is all alone in the world.
(d) Amusement, because she thinks she is more popular than she is.
4. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?
(a) Miss Strangeworth is cruel.
(b) Miss Strangeworth is not generous.
(c) Miss Strangeworth is weird.
(d) Miss Strangeworth is getting absentminded.
5. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?
(a) Rose Street.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Strangeworth Street.
(d) Pleasant Street.
Short Answer Questions
1. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
2. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?
3. What is implied about Miss Strangeworth's choice of the multicolored paper for her notes?
4. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?
5. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Mr. Lewis that he has forgotten to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the main character of "The Possibility of Evil."
2. What worry does Helen Crane express about her baby daughter, and how does Miss Strangeworth respond to her concerns?
3. What does Miss Strangeworth write to Mrs. Foster about her upcoming surgery, and what is she implying?
4. What does Miss Strangeworth write to Mrs. Harper, and what is she implying?
5. Describe the setting of the story "The Possibility of Evil."
6. Describe Miss Strangeworth's feelings about her roses.
7. What is ironic about Miss Strangeworth's criticisms of Helen and Don Crane's parenting?
8. What evidence is there in the story that Miss Strangeworth is well-known and respected in the town?
9. What is ironic about Miss Strangeworth's thoughts as she notices that various townspeople seem distressed?
10. Which writing utensils does Miss Strangeworth have available, and which one does she choose for her anonymous notes?
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