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

2. For the majority of the story, what tone does the narrator adopt?
(a) Melancholic.
(b) Dismissive.
(c) Objective.
(d) Amused.

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?

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

4. How does the woman realize her study of religion has made her feel?

5. What does the hurricane do to the city in the woman's story?

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