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

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

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

4. What denomination is the last church that the woman visits?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Congregationalist.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Baptist.

5. For what reason, besides that "there may not be enough to tell about him," does the woman think that the man might not be the right "center" for her story (20)?
(a) There is no real resolution to his story.
(b) She is unclear about how she feels about the man.
(c) This might not be the right time to tell his story.
(d) The man will be angry that she wrote about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man in the story feel so ill?

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

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

4. What is it logical to infer about the church women who are wearing red?

5. 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)?

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