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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) Noah's Ark.
(c) Jonah and the Great Fish.
(d) The Trials of Job.

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

3. The man tells the woman that he has committed "blasphemy" (20). What has he done?
(a) Contemplated suicide.
(b) Cursed God's name.
(c) Shown disrespect to God.
(d) Told a harmful lie about someone.

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

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)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After completing her first draft of the story, what does the woman realize about it?

(see the answer key)

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