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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) They have had a big fight.
(b) He is trying to help find a lost child.
(c) He has gone to get some mustard.
(d) After they have sex, he loses interest in her.

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

3. In the story's opening, what details are related to the passage of time?
(a) Grass, leaves, and snow.
(b) Light and darkness.
(c) Gin's bed and their parents' cars.
(d) The condition of the Rambler and the rosary.

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Personification.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?

2. 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?

3. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' youth?

4. Which of the following techniques is used in the sentence "How adept we were at fumbling, how perfectly mistimed our timing, how utterly we confused energy with ecstasy" (233)?

5. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?

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