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

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

3. What does the woman think might be preventing her from committing to a center for her story?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hope.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Laziness.

4. In the story's opening sentence, what is implied about the main character's writing?
(a) She does not deserve the praise she has gotten.
(b) She is losing interest in her career.
(c) Her readers are gradually deserting her.
(d) More than one of her stories is uninteresting.

5. Why are rams' horns being blown all around the city?
(a) It is Sukkot.
(b) It is Rosh Hashanah.
(c) It is Hanukkah.
(d) It is Yom Kippur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say "usually promises to be interesting" (19)?

2. How does the woman realize her study of religion has made her feel?

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

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

5. What does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?

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