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

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

3. Who is the author of "The Center of the Story"?
(a) Judith Frank.
(b) Doris Betts.
(c) Lydia Davis.
(d) Maile Chapman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say "usually promises to be interesting" (19)?

4. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?

5. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?

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