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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. Why does the man in the story feel so ill?
(a) He has food poisoning.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He is having a heart attack.
(d) He has the flu.

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

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

4. What does the woman think might be preventing her from committing to a center for her story?
(a) Fear.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Hope.
(d) Laziness.

5. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?
(a) It is about death.
(b) It is about friendship.
(c) It is about fear.
(d) It is about religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman realize her study of religion has made her feel?

2. 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)?

3. What color is the light in the man's bedroom?

4. For the majority of the story, what tone does the narrator adopt?

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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