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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 does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?
(a) It caused his illness.
(b) It caused the hurricane.
(c) It is no one's business but his own.
(d) It is the reason she is angry at him.

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

3. What does the sick man want when he calls the main character?
(a) He wants to talk about death and the afterlife.
(b) He wants to apologize for the argument they recently had.
(c) He wants her to come over and help him.
(d) He wants her advice about whether to go to the hospital.

4. What detail does the story give about the shape of the tape on the windows?
(a) It is shaped like the letter "x."
(b) It is shaped like crosses.
(c) It is shaped like diamonds.
(d) It is shaped like asterisks.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the woman's landlady from?

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

3. Why are rams' horns being blown all around the city?

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

5. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?

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