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The Possibility of Evil

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  • Miss Strangeworth stops calling Mr. Lewis "Tommy" when
    he starts working at the grocery store
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  • What troubles Helen Crane about her baby daughter?
    The baby does not move around enough.
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  • Which word best describes Miss Strangeworth's letters?
    anonymous
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  • Which sentence from the story best explains Miss Strangeworth's motivation for sending the letters?
    "The town where she lived had to be kept clean and sweet."
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  • You can infer that Miss Strangeworth mailed her letters after the post office closed because
    she didn't want people to find out she was sending the letters
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  • What does degraded mean?
    corrupted; depraved
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  • Negotiable means
    can be changed; bargained with
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  • What does infatuated mean?
    intensely fond
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  • A person who listens with "rapt" attention is
    absorbed; entranced
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  • Translucent means
    allows light to shine through
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  • Why does Miss Strangeworth object when town residents want to put up a statue of the Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen?
    she believes that her grandfather deserves a statue; without her grandfather and his lumber mill, there wouldn't be a town; He built the house on Pleasant St.
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  • Why does Dave Harris decided to deliver Miss Strangeworth's letter himself instead of putting it in the mail?
    Dave thinks the Cranes may need cheering up just as he does; He thinks the letter may contain good news-or a check; the Cranes might like the news that night
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