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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman think might be preventing her from committing to a center for her story?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Curiosity.

2. In what religion are the High Holy Days a sacred time?
(a) Islam.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judaism.

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

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the stink of burning hair, fur, and horn" (19)?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Imagery.

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

6. 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) Parallelism.
(c) Non sequitur.
(d) Juxtaposition.

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

8. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?
(a) Carpet.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A stove.
(d) An award.

9. 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 the letter "x."
(c) It is shaped like diamonds.
(d) It is shaped like crosses.

10. What detail in the description of the man's bedroom indicates how close the hurricane is getting?
(a) The television weather forecast.
(b) The windows rattling.
(c) The flickering electricity.
(d) The drawn blinds.

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

12. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?
(a) The landlady's son.
(b) The main character.
(c) The mail carrier.
(d) No one.

13. Why are rams' horns being blown all around the city?
(a) It is Hanukkah.
(b) It is Yom Kippur.
(c) It is Rosh Hashanah.
(d) It is Sukkot.

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

15. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?
(a) It is about fear.
(b) It is about friendship.
(c) It is about religion.
(d) It is about death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the light in the man's bedroom?

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

3. Where is the woman's landlady from?

4. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?

5. How does the woman realize her study of religion has made her feel?

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