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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 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.

2. Who is "thinking of writing a letter to the President" (20)?
(a) The main character.
(b) The man who thinks he is dying.
(c) The woman at the church.
(d) The landlady.

3. For the majority of the story, what tone does the narrator adopt?
(a) Objective.
(b) Amused.
(c) Dismissive.
(d) Melancholic.

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 his illness.
(c) It is no one's business but his own.
(d) It caused the hurricane.

5. What detail does the story give about the shape of the tape on the windows?
(a) It is shaped like diamonds.
(b) It is shaped like the letter "x."
(c) It is shaped like crosses.
(d) It is shaped like asterisks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the woman's landlady from?

3. 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)?

4. What does the sick man want when he calls the main character?

5. What can be inferred about the woman from the description of the women who try to get her to sit down at their church?

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