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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. In the story's opening sentence, what is implied about the main character's writing?
(a) She does not deserve the praise she has gotten.
(b) More than one of her stories is uninteresting.
(c) Her readers are gradually deserting her.
(d) She is losing interest in her career.

2. On her train ride, what does the woman realize she has not given much thought to?
(a) The devil.
(b) The newscasters.
(c) Her friend's illness.
(d) Her next story.

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

4. What does the narrator say "usually promises to be interesting" (19)?
(a) A religious crisis.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A flood.
(d) A death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What denomination is the last church that the woman visits?

4. Besides reading the Bible, what else does the woman spend her time doing in the period of time her story is about?

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

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