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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 detail in the description of the man's bedroom indicates how close the hurricane is getting?
(a) The flickering electricity.
(b) The television weather forecast.
(c) The drawn blinds.
(d) The windows rattling.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. On her train ride, what does the woman realize she has not given much thought to?

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

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