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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. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?
(a) It is about fear.
(b) It is about death.
(c) It is about religion.
(d) It is about friendship.

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

3. What detail of the woman's train ride reinforces the motif of things that come close to happening but do not actually happen?
(a) Her distance from the city.
(b) The direction she is traveling.
(c) The water level.
(d) Her thoughts about religion.

4. 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 looks out the window and watches the news.
(d) She reads the Koran and the Talmud.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the woman think might be preventing her from committing to a center for her story?

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

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