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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 characteristic of the area around the beach is conveyed with its nickname, the "Gold Coast"?
(a) It is expensive.
(b) It is full of opportunity.
(c) It is beautiful.
(d) It is similar to the Mediterranean.

2. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?
(a) His relative experience compared to Gin.
(b) His blindness to Gin's feelings.
(c) His responsible attitude.
(d) His eagerness to have sex with Gin.

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

4. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?
(a) Getting pregnant.
(b) Him leaving her.
(c) Someone seeing them having sex.
(d) Her parents finding out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?

2. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?

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

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?

5. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?

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