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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. Why are rams' horns being blown all around the city?
(a) It is Sukkot.
(b) It is Yom Kippur.
(c) It is Hanukkah.
(d) It is Rosh Hashanah.

2. 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 the letter "x."
(c) It is shaped like crosses.
(d) It is shaped like asterisks.

3. 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)?
(a) She is unclear about how she feels about the man.
(b) This might not be the right time to tell his story.
(c) There is no real resolution to his story.
(d) The man will be angry that she wrote about him.

4. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?
(a) Flowers.
(b) An award.
(c) A stove.
(d) Carpet.

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 cannot remember why she wanted to write it in the first place.
(d) She is losing touch with her passion as a writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?

2. What does the sick man want when he calls the main character?

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

4. 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)?

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

(see the answer key)

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