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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 denomination is the last church that the woman visits?
2. Why was the woman reading the Bible during the period she writes about in her story?
3. On her train ride, what does the woman realize she has not given much thought to?
4. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?
5. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the woman visits a Baptist church?
2. How is the story that the woman is writing similar to the earth and different from a hurricane?
3. Who are the people in the story that the writer is working on?
4. Explain what the "yellow pall" is and what things in Davis's story it is attached to.
5. Why does the woman watch the news so often, and what does she hear on the news that makes her feel exicted?
6. What contradiction does Davis's first sentence introduce?
7. Why does the man in the main character's story think that he is dying, and what does he do about it?
8. When the woman is riding the train, after the hurricane has passed, what two realizations does she come to?
9. What does the woman realize about her religious belief and the calm she feels?
10. What paradox related to religion does the woman encounter in writing her story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay that affirms, refutes, or qualifies the following statement: "'The Center of the Story' is built around an analogy comparing a person's life to a written story." Use textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the role that writing plays in the protagonist's life. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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