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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) Non sequitur.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Analogy.

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

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

4. What does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?
(a) It is the reason she is angry at him.
(b) It caused the hurricane.
(c) It caused his illness.
(d) It is no one's business but his own.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the man in the story feel so ill?

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

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

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

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