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

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

3. What does the hurricane do to the city in the woman's story?
(a) Causes flooding that disrupts transportation.
(b) Passes by without actually striking the city.
(c) Produces winds that uproot trees and tear off several roofs.
(d) Drops large hail that smashes windows in buildings and in cars.

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

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 friendship.
(b) It is about death.
(c) It is about religion.
(d) It is about fear.

Short Answer 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)?

2. What detail of the woman's train ride reinforces the motif of things that come close to happening but do not actually happen?

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

4. What does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?

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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