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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 detail in the description of the man's bedroom indicates how close the hurricane is getting?
(a) The television weather forecast.
(b) The windows rattling.
(c) The flickering electricity.
(d) The drawn blinds.

2. What denomination is the last church that the woman visits?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Congregationalist.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Baptist.

3. Besides reading the Bible, what else does the woman spend her time doing in the period of time her story is about?
(a) She shops for emergency supplies and fills her tub with water.
(b) She reads the Koran and the Talmud.
(c) She looks out the window and watches the news.
(d) She calls each of her family members and friends.

4. What is it logical to infer about the church women who are wearing red?
(a) They are the choir.
(b) They are ushers.
(c) They are collecting the offering.
(d) They are worship leaders.

5. Who is "thinking of writing a letter to the President" (20)?
(a) The landlady.
(b) The woman at the church.
(c) The main character.
(d) The man who thinks he is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man tells the woman that he has committed "blasphemy" (20). What has he done?

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

3. What color is the light in the man's bedroom?

4. What detail in the description of the man indicates how ill he feels?

5. Why was the woman reading the Bible during the period she writes about in her story?

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