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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 does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?
(a) Gin's blanket.
(b) A condom.
(c) His underwear.
(d) Beach sand.

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?
(a) Dead fish.
(b) The condom.
(c) A dead body.
(d) Garbage.

3. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Juxtaposition.

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?
(a) Tell the narrator and Gin to move back.
(b) Look at Gin uncomfortably.
(c) Remove their hats and bow their heads.
(d) Cross themselves and say a prayer.

5. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?
(a) Lighting up the paths of far-away freighters.
(b) Chasing the seagulls out of the sky.
(c) Making sea glass on Michigan beaches.
(d) Setting Indiana barns on fire.

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. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?

3. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?

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

(see the answer key)

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