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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. Why does Gin tell the narrator "Stop" when they are just about to have sex (236)?
(a) She sees something in the water.
(b) She sees the police lights.
(c) She has changed her mind about having sex.
(d) The narrator's condom has fallen off.

2. To what does the narrator compare Gin's mother's rosary?
(a) A snake.
(b) A noose.
(c) A belt.
(d) A bolo tie.

3. When the narrator unbuttons the second button on Gin's shirt, what does he see?
(a) Her cross.
(b) Her camisole.
(c) A scar.
(d) A bruise.

4. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?
(a) Abandoned mannequins.
(b) Crash-test dummies.
(c) Sleeping dolls.
(d) Fallen soldiers.

5. 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?
(a) The balcony of the Clark Theater.
(b) Gin's grandmother's house.
(c) The narrator's best friend's house.
(d) A party in the outer suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?

3. What technique is used in the sentence "On my fingers your slick scent mixed with the coconut musk of the suntan lotion we’d repeatedly smeared over each other's bodies" (234) ?

4. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?

5. What does the narrator compare the dead woman's hair to?

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