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

2. Why was the woman reading the Bible during the period she writes about in her story?
(a) Because she needed comfort during the hurricane.
(b) Because she wanted to use Biblical allusions in her writing.
(c) Because she wanted to know exactly what it said.
(d) Because it was the High Holy Days.

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

4. What does the hurricane do to the city in the woman's story?
(a) Passes by without actually striking the city.
(b) Produces winds that uproot trees and tear off several roofs.
(c) Causes flooding that disrupts transportation.
(d) Drops large hail that smashes windows in buildings and in cars.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. On her train ride, what does the woman realize she has not given much thought to?

2. Why does the man in the story feel so ill?

3. What detail of the woman's train ride reinforces the motif of things that come close to happening but do not actually happen?

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

5. Who is "thinking of writing a letter to the President" (20)?

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