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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 advice about whether to go to the hospital.
(c) He wants to talk about death and the afterlife.
(d) He wants her to come over and help him.

2. What detail in the description of the man's bedroom indicates how close the hurricane is getting?
(a) The drawn blinds.
(b) The flickering electricity.
(c) The television weather forecast.
(d) The windows rattling.

3. What does the narrator say "usually promises to be interesting" (19)?
(a) A flood.
(b) A death.
(c) A religious crisis.
(d) A hurricane.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Center of the Story"?

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

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

4. Why are rams' horns being blown all around the city?

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

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