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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. After the narrator drops Gin off at her building on the night of the incident at the beach, why does she run back outside and call after him?
(a) She wants to know if he needs an umbrella.
(b) She needs to get her blanket back from him.
(c) She wants to tell him that she loves him.
(d) She want to know if he is going to tell anyone what happened.

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

3. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?
(a) A Navajo blanket.
(b) A picnic blanket.
(c) Her grandmother's quilt.
(d) An army blanket.

4. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antanaclasis.

5. What does the narrator compare the dead woman's hair to?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Leaves.
(c) A horse's tail.
(d) A wig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?

2. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?

3. What happens after the night on the beach, when the narrator senses Gin growing distant while they are kissing?

4. When the police examine the woman's body in the light of their flashlights, what does her nakedness and obvious pregnancy cause them to do?

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

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