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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. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?
(a) No one.
(b) The landlady's son.
(c) The mail carrier.
(d) The main character.

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

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

4. For what reason, besides that "there may not be enough to tell about him," does the woman think that the man might not be the right "center" for her story (20)?
(a) She is unclear about how she feels about the man.
(b) The man will be angry that she wrote about him.
(c) This might not be the right time to tell his story.
(d) There is no real resolution to his story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the light in the man's bedroom?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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