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

2. What color is the light in the man's bedroom?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Grey.

3. What technique is used in the sentence: "The story is flat and even, just as the earth seems flat and even when a hurricane is advancing over it" (19)?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

4. What is it logical to infer about the church women who are wearing red?
(a) They are the choir.
(b) They are ushers.
(c) They are collecting the offering.
(d) They are worship leaders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After completing her first draft of the story, what does the woman realize about it?

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

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

4. Where is the woman's landlady from?

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

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