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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. For the majority of the story, what tone does the narrator adopt?
(a) Melancholic.
(b) Amused.
(c) Objective.
(d) Dismissive.

2. 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 calls each of her family members and friends.
(c) She looks out the window and watches the news.
(d) She reads the Koran and the Talmud.

3. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) The Trials of Job.
(c) Jonah and the Great Fish.
(d) Noah's Ark.

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)?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Non sequitur.
(d) Parallelism.

5. In the story's opening sentence, what is implied about the main character's writing?
(a) Her readers are gradually deserting her.
(b) She does not deserve the praise she has gotten.
(c) She is losing interest in her career.
(d) More than one of her stories is uninteresting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What denomination is the last church that the woman visits?

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

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)?

4. What is it logical to infer about the church women who are wearing red?

5. After completing her first draft of the story, what does the woman realize about it?

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