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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 detail of the woman's train ride reinforces the motif of things that come close to happening but do not actually happen?
(a) The water level.
(b) The direction she is traveling.
(c) Her distance from the city.
(d) Her thoughts about religion.

2. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?
(a) It is about friendship.
(b) It is about religion.
(c) It is about fear.
(d) It is about death.

3. What does the hurricane do to the city in the woman's story?
(a) Passes by without actually striking the city.
(b) Produces winds that uproot trees and tear off several roofs.
(c) Causes flooding that disrupts transportation.
(d) Drops large hail that smashes windows in buildings and in cars.

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

5. Why are rams' horns being blown all around the city?
(a) It is Hanukkah.
(b) It is Yom Kippur.
(c) It is Sukkot.
(d) It is Rosh Hashanah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is "thinking of writing a letter to the President" (20)?

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

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the stink of burning hair, fur, and horn" (19)?

5. Who is the author of "The Center of the Story"?

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