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

2. After completing her first draft of the story, what does the woman realize about it?
(a) She cannot remember why she wanted to write it in the first place.
(b) She is losing touch with her passion as a writer.
(c) She understands more about herself and her life now that she has written it.
(d) She is afraid that the content of the story will upset her friend.

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

4. Why was the woman reading the Bible during the period she writes about in her story?
(a) Because she wanted to use Biblical allusions in her writing.
(b) Because it was the High Holy Days.
(c) Because she needed comfort during the hurricane.
(d) Because she wanted to know exactly what it said.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail does the story give about the shape of the tape on the windows?

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

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

4. What detail in the description of the man's bedroom indicates how close the hurricane is getting?

5. Besides reading the Bible, what else does the woman spend her time doing in the period of time her story is about?

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