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

2. In the story's opening sentence, what is implied about the main character's writing?
(a) She does not deserve the praise she has gotten.
(b) More than one of her stories is uninteresting.
(c) Her readers are gradually deserting her.
(d) She is losing interest in her career.

3. 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) Non sequitur.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Analogy.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say "usually promises to be interesting" (19)?

2. For the majority of the story, what tone does the narrator adopt?

3. What denomination is the last church that the woman visits?

4. What detail in the description of the man's bedroom indicates how close the hurricane is getting?

5. What detail of the woman's train ride reinforces the motif of things that come close to happening but do not actually happen?

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