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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: The Center of the Story.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is the woman's landlady from?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Barbados.
2. For what reason, besides that "there may not be enough to tell about him," does the woman think that the man might not be the right "center" for her story (20)?
(a) This might not be the right time to tell his story.
(b) The man will be angry that she wrote about him.
(c) She is unclear about how she feels about the man.
(d) There is no real resolution to his story.
3. 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.
4. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) The Trials of Job.
(c) Jonah and the Great Fish.
(d) Noah's Ark.
5. Who is "thinking of writing a letter to the President" (20)?
(a) The landlady.
(b) The main character.
(c) The man who thinks he is dying.
(d) The woman at the church.
Short Answer Questions
1. What detail in the description of the man's bedroom indicates how close the hurricane is getting?
2. 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)?
3. What does the landlady say the mayor gave her?
4. What does the woman think might be preventing her from committing to a center for her story?
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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