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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "We Didn't".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rhetorical purpose of including the detail "the skinny rails of your legs" (235) when the narrator is talking about taking off Gin's bikini bottom?
(a) To depict Gin's youth and vulnerability.
(b) To convey the narrator's ambiguous sexual orientation.
(c) To imply that the narrator is not really attracted to Gin.
(d) To create a mood of disgust.

2. What is the narrator's tone when he recalls, "I was trying to calm your terror with reassuring phrases such as 'Holy shit! I don’t fucking believe this!'” (236)?
(a) Acerbic.
(b) Ironic.
(c) Bemused.
(d) Fatalistic.

3. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?
(a) Reverent.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Factual.
(d) Inflammatory.

4. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?
(a) It creates increasing tension as the list continues.
(b) It stresses the similarities between the narrator and these strangers.
(c) It forms an ironic contrast with the story's opening.
(d) It highlights the comic understatement of the narrator's response to the situation.

5. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' youth?
(a) Light and darkness.
(b) Gin's bed and their parents' cars.
(c) Grass, leaves, and snow.
(d) The condition of the Rambler and the rosary.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?

2. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?

3. Why does Gin tell the narrator "Stop" when they are just about to have sex (236)?

4. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?

5. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?

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