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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 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) Juxtaposition.
(d) Analogy.

2. 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) The man will be angry that she wrote about him.
(b) There is no real resolution to his story.
(c) This might not be the right time to tell his story.
(d) She is unclear about how she feels about the man.

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

4. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?
(a) Flowers.
(b) An award.
(c) Carpet.
(d) A stove.

5. What is it logical to infer about the church women who are wearing red?
(a) They are collecting the offering.
(b) They are ushers.
(c) They are the choir.
(d) They are worship leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Center of the Story"?

2. Where is the woman's landlady from?

3. Why was the woman reading the Bible during the period she writes about in her story?

4. 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)?

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

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