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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 woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?
(a) It is the reason she is angry at him.
(b) It caused his illness.
(c) It is no one's business but his own.
(d) It caused the hurricane.

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

3. 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) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Allegory.

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

5. Where is the woman's landlady from?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?

2. Why was the woman reading the Bible during the period she writes about in her story?

3. After completing her first draft of the story, what does the woman realize about it?

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

5. What does the hurricane do to the city in the woman's story?

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