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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. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Monogrammed pajamas.
(b) Business suits.
(c) Cocktail attire.
(d) Spa robes.

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. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her sister.

4. To what British author does the narrator ironically compare himself near the end of the story?
(a) H. G. Wells.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) D. H. Lawrence.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?

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

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

4. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?

5. 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)?

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