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

2. 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.

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) Juxtaposition.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Parallelism.

4. 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) Her readers are gradually deserting her.
(c) She is losing interest in her career.
(d) More than one of her stories is uninteresting.

5. What does the woman think might be preventing her from committing to a center for her story?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Laziness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides reading the Bible, what else does the woman spend her time doing in the period of time her story is about?

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

3. 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)?

4. What is it logical to infer about the church women who are wearing red?

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

(see the answer key)

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