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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 sick man want when he calls the main character?
(a) He wants to apologize for the argument they recently had.
(b) He wants her to come over and help him.
(c) He wants her advice about whether to go to the hospital.
(d) He wants to talk about death and the afterlife.

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

3. 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) Parallelism.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Non sequitur.

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

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?
(a) She is not a Christian.
(b) She is not Black.
(c) She is White.
(d) She is Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides reading the Bible, what else does the woman spend her time doing in the period of time her story is about?

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

3. Where is the woman's landlady from?

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

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

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