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

2. 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)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Allegory.

3. 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 it was the High Holy Days.
(c) Because she wanted to use Biblical allusions in her writing.
(d) Because she wanted to know exactly what it said.

4. Why does the man in the story feel so ill?
(a) He has the flu.
(b) He has food poisoning.
(c) He is having a heart attack.
(d) He has cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story's opening sentence, what is implied about the main character's writing?

3. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?

4. What does the hurricane do to the city in the woman's story?

5. In what religion are the High Holy Days a sacred time?

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