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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: The Center of the Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman think might be preventing her from committing to a center for her story?
(a) Hope.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Fear.

2. What technique is used in the sentence: "Outside her apartment, the weather was changing: the wind rose, the branches swayed on the young trees, and the leaves fluttered" (19)?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Non sequitur.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Juxtaposition.

3. What technique is used in the sentence: "The story is flat and even, just as the earth seems flat and even when a hurricane is advancing over it" (19)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allusion.

4. In what religion are the High Holy Days a sacred time?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Christianity.

5. After completing her first draft of the story, what does the woman realize about it?
(a) She understands more about herself and her life now that she has written it.
(b) She is afraid that the content of the story will upset her friend.
(c) She is losing touch with her passion as a writer.
(d) She cannot remember why she wanted to write it in the first place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Center of the Story"?

2. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?

3. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?

4. In the story's opening sentence, what is implied about the main character's writing?

5. What can be inferred about the woman from the description of the women who try to get her to sit down at their church?

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