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

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

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

4. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?

3. In the story's opening, what details are related to the story's epigraph?

4. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?

5. In the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?

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