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

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

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) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Personification.

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

5. What detail in the description of the man indicates how ill he feels?
(a) The sounds he is making.
(b) The color of his face.
(c) The way his ribs protrude.
(d) The smell coming from his skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are rams' horns being blown all around the city?

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. 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)?

4. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?

5. In what religion are the High Holy Days a sacred time?

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