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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. In Gin's dream about the beach, why has the narrator left her alone?
(a) He has gone to get some mustard.
(b) He is trying to help find a lost child.
(c) They have had a big fight.
(d) After they have sex, he loses interest in her.
2. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?
(a) Water scarcity.
(b) Nuclear annihilation.
(c) Climate change.
(d) Global pandemic.
3. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?
(a) For her to stay away from him.
(b) For her to like him again.
(c) For her to get over the incident on the beach.
(d) For her to apologize to him.
4. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?
(a) His responsible attitude.
(b) His eagerness to have sex with Gin.
(c) His relative experience compared to Gin.
(d) His blindness to Gin's feelings.
5. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?
(a) It stresses the similarities between the narrator and these strangers.
(b) It creates increasing tension as the list continues.
(c) It forms an ironic contrast with the story's opening.
(d) It highlights the comic understatement of the narrator's response to the situation.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?
2. In the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?
3. In the story's opening, what details are related to the story's epigraph?
4. 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?
5. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?
This section contains 397 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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