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

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

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

4. Why does the man in the story feel so ill?
(a) He has food poisoning.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He is having a heart attack.
(d) He has the flu.

5. How does the woman realize her study of religion has made her feel?
(a) Confused.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Energized.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. The man tells the woman that he has committed "blasphemy" (20). What has he done?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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