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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 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.

2. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?
(a) Reverent.
(b) Factual.
(c) Inflammatory.
(d) Frantic.

3. What does the narrator compare the dead woman's hair to?
(a) Leaves.
(b) A horse's tail.
(c) A wig.
(d) Seaweed.

4. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?
(a) He was a legendary lover.
(b) He was a poet who wrote about the nobility of faithfulness.
(c) He was a priest who argued that premarital sex is not a mortal sin.
(d) He was a groundbreaking psychiatrist.

5. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?
(a) The drowned woman.
(b) A female poet who has committed suicide.
(c) A series of Elvis movies they saw at a drive-in.
(d) Whether they will ever have sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?

2. What technique is evident in the phrase "feverish plucking and twanging, tom-toms, congas, and gongs" (235)?

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

4. When the narrator unbuttons the second button on Gin's shirt, what does he see?

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

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