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

2. What is the description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?
(a) The comical setting of their first attempt at sex.
(b) The narrator's general clumsiness.
(c) The complex nature of growing up.
(d) The pressure of time passing.

3. What kind of buildings are on the lovers' lane?
(a) Giant warehouses.
(b) Run-down cottages.
(c) Bars and strip clubs.
(d) Abandoned factories.

4. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?
(a) "Restless rose."
(b) "Pink peace."
(c) "Panorama pink."
(d) "Rose rapture."

5. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?
(a) Whether they will ever have sex.
(b) A series of Elvis movies they saw at a drive-in.
(c) A female poet who has committed suicide.
(d) The drowned woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To what does the narrator compare Gin's mother's rosary?

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. 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?

5. Why does Gin tell the narrator "Stop" when they are just about to have sex (236)?

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