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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. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Global pandemic.
(c) Water scarcity.
(d) Nuclear annihilation.

2. What does Gin mean when she tells the narrator that she knows the dead woman?
(a) The woman was not much older than Gin.
(b) The woman was from her neighborhood.
(c) She dreams about the woman.
(d) The woman is a distant relative of Gin's.

3. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

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

5. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?
(a) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.
(b) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.
(c) They argue constantly about trivial things.
(d) Gin is not comfortable being alone with the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?

3. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?

4. In the simile that the narrator uses when he describes holding Gin's breasts in his hands on page 234, to what does he compare her breasts?

5. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?

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