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

2. What does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?
(a) It is no one's business but his own.
(b) It is the reason she is angry at him.
(c) It caused the hurricane.
(d) It caused his illness.

3. What can be inferred about the woman from the description of the women who try to get her to sit down at their church?
(a) She is not Black.
(b) She is not a Christian.
(c) She is White.
(d) She is Jewish.

4. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?
(a) Jonah and the Great Fish.
(b) The Trials of Job.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

5. What does the narrator say "usually promises to be interesting" (19)?
(a) A death.
(b) A religious crisis.
(c) A flood.
(d) A hurricane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?

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

3. What detail does the story give about the shape of the tape on the windows?

4. On her train ride, what does the woman realize she has not given much thought to?

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

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