Character Details
Letters
Identify the Speaker
Miss Strangeworth's Thoughts
Random Details
100
What day of the week does Miss Strangeworth purchase tea?
Tuesday
100
What kind of print does Miss Strangeworth write in?
Childish; blocky
100
"Old lady Strangeworth is getting deaf."
Dave Harris
100
What is Miss Strangeworth's intention when writing letters?
To make things "right" in her town
100
Who does Miss Strangeworth give her roses to?
No one
200
Who could surprisingly afford a new convertible?
Mr. Moore
200
How many years has Miss Strangeworth been sending letters?
Only one
200
"That's the way we want her to feel. Like a princess."
Helen Crane
200
Fill in the blank: Miss Strangeworth thinks people should live ________.
Graciously
200
True or false: Miss Strangeworth only wears trousers
False! She wears "rustling" skirts.
300
What is Adela's last name?
Strangeworth
300
Where does Miss Strangeworth store her letters?
Her leather pocketbook
300
"You've got to have a dirty, dirty mind for things like that."
Linda
300
True or false: Miss Strangeworth knows the name of every child in town
False
300
During the last morning of the story, Miss Strangeworth thinks that a little ____ would be agreeable for breakfast.
Waffle
400
What is Miss Chandler's occupation?
Librarian
400
Fill in the blank: "WOULD DR. BURNS GET HIS FEE AND A LITTLE EXTRA FROM THAT _____ OF YOURS?"
NEPHEW
400
"You're not to come near our house anymore."
Linda
400
Why did Miss Strangeworth wake up with a feeling of "intense happiness" in the last morning of the story?
It is the morning three people would be opening her letters.
400
How much tea does Miss Strangeworth buy at a time (in lbs)?
A quarter-pound
500
Whose statue do the townsfolk want to put up?
Ethan Allen
500
Fill in the blank: Miss Strangeworth never concerned herself with ___; her letters all dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion.
facts
500
"...give me a new mother every time."
Miss Strangeworth
500
Miss Strangeworth has an irrational fear of tourists _________________. (complete the sentence)
taking her roses
500
What is the texture of Miss Strangeworth's face, noted when she washes it?
Soft
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