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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 landlady say the mayor gave her?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Carpet.
(c) A stove.
(d) An award.

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

3. What can be inferred about the woman from the description of the women who try to get her to sit down at their church?
(a) She is White.
(b) She is Jewish.
(c) She is not Black.
(d) She is not a Christian.

4. What color is the light in the man's bedroom?
(a) Grey.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

5. What technique is used in the sentence: "The story is flat and even, just as the earth seems flat and even when a hurricane is advancing over it" (19)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the woman's landlady from?

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

4. What does the sick man want when he calls the main character?

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)?

(see the answer key)

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