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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. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?
(a) Vincent Kowalski.
(b) Stuart Dybek.
(c) Yehuda Amichai.
(d) Perry Katzek.

2. What happens after the night on the beach, when the narrator senses Gin growing distant while they are kissing?
(a) He tells her she is crazy.
(b) He tries to tell her jokes to cheer her up.
(c) He pretends to feel the same way she does.
(d) He kisses her harder.

3. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Business suits.
(b) Spa robes.
(c) Monogrammed pajamas.
(d) Cocktail attire.

4. What technique is evident in the phrase "feverish plucking and twanging, tom-toms, congas, and gongs" (235)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Double entendre.
(c) Hyperbaton.
(d) Euphony.

5. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?
(a) Lighting up the paths of far-away freighters.
(b) Setting Indiana barns on fire.
(c) Chasing the seagulls out of the sky.
(d) Making sea glass on Michigan beaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?

2. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?

3. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?

4. Which of the following is one of the places where the narrator and Gin go to try to resume their attempts at intimacy after the incident at the beach?

5. What characteristic of the area around the beach is conveyed with its nickname, the "Gold Coast"?

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