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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the sick man want when he calls the main character?
2. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?
3. What detail in the description of the man indicates how ill he feels?
4. In the story's opening sentence, what is implied about the main character's writing?
5. How does the woman realize her study of religion has made her feel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the woman originally begin her story with that she later decides to edit out?
2. What contradiction does Davis's first sentence introduce?
3. Why does the woman watch the news so often, and what does she hear on the news that makes her feel exicted?
4. What comment does the story make about paring a story down to the essentials, and what does this have to do with Davis's own style?
5. What paradox related to religion does the woman encounter in writing her story?
6. Who are the people in the story that the writer is working on?
7. When the woman is riding the train, after the hurricane has passed, what two realizations does she come to?
8. What happens when the woman visits a Baptist church?
9. What arguments for and against including the newscasters in her story does the woman entertain?
10. What does the woman realize about her religious belief and the calm she feels?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the narrative voice of "The Center of the Story." Use quoted textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about Davis's use of syntax in "The Center of the Story." Support your ideas with quoted textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the protagonist's visit to the Baptist church. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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