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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 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 White.
(b) She is not Black.
(c) She is not a Christian.
(d) She is Jewish.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?

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

5. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?

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