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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 is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?
(a) To demand that the woman be covered up.
(b) To try to give the woman CPR.
(c) To ask whether Gin and the narrator know the woman's name.
(d) To see if the baby is also deceased.

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

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

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

5. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?
(a) The "now defunct Clark Theater."
(b) The "lilac bushes in Marquette Park."
(c) Gin saying that she feels "like Doris Day" is watching her.
(d) The characters visiting "Oak Street Beach."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?

2. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?

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

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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