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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. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?
(a) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.
(b) Gin is not comfortable being alone with the narrator.
(c) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.
(d) They argue constantly about trivial things.

2. What does Gin believe is true about the dead woman on the beach?
(a) She was an omen.
(b) She was sent by God.
(c) Her death was accidental.
(d) Gin and the narrator could have saved her.

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) ?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Allusion.

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

5. What does Gin mean when she tells the narrator that she knows the dead woman?
(a) She dreams about the woman.
(b) The woman was from her neighborhood.
(c) The woman was not much older than Gin.
(d) The woman is a distant relative of Gin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?

2. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?

3. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?

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

5. What is the description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?

(see the answer key)

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