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

2. Who is the author of "The Center of the Story"?
(a) Judith Frank.
(b) Lydia Davis.
(c) Doris Betts.
(d) Maile Chapman.

3. What does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?
(a) It caused the hurricane.
(b) It is the reason she is angry at him.
(c) It caused his illness.
(d) It is no one's business but his own.

4. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?
(a) No one.
(b) The main character.
(c) The landlady's son.
(d) The mail carrier.

5. What detail does the story give about the shape of the tape on the windows?
(a) It is shaped like diamonds.
(b) It is shaped like crosses.
(c) It is shaped like asterisks.
(d) It is shaped like the letter "x."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

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

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the stink of burning hair, fur, and horn" (19)?

5. For what reason, besides that "there may not be enough to tell about him," does the woman think that the man might not be the right "center" for her story (20)?

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