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

2. Where is the woman's landlady from?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Jamaica.

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

4. In what religion are the High Holy Days a sacred time?
(a) Islam.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judaism.

5. 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) There is no real resolution to his story.
(b) This might not be the right time to tell his story.
(c) She is unclear about how she feels about the man.
(d) The man will be angry that she wrote about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the majority of the story, what tone does the narrator adopt?

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

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

4. 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)?

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

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