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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 specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?
(a) The Trials of Job.
(b) Noah's Ark.
(c) Jonah and the Great Fish.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

2. 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.

3. The man tells the woman that he has committed "blasphemy" (20). What has he done?
(a) Contemplated suicide.
(b) Told a harmful lie about someone.
(c) Shown disrespect to God.
(d) Cursed God's name.

4. What can be inferred about the woman from the description of the women who try to get her to sit down at their church?
(a) She is not Black.
(b) She is Jewish.
(c) She is White.
(d) She is not a Christian.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what religion are the High Holy Days a sacred time?

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

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

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

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