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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 needed comfort during the hurricane.
(c) Because she wanted to know exactly what it said.
(d) Because it was the High Holy Days.

2. What does the hurricane do to the city in the woman's story?
(a) Produces winds that uproot trees and tear off several roofs.
(b) Drops large hail that smashes windows in buildings and in cars.
(c) Passes by without actually striking the city.
(d) Causes flooding that disrupts transportation.

3. What technique is used in the phrase "the stink of burning hair, fur, and horn" (19)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

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

5. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?
(a) An award.
(b) Carpet.
(c) A stove.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What detail of the woman's train ride reinforces the motif of things that come close to happening but do not actually happen?

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

4. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?

5. 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)?

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