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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. After the narrator drops Gin off at her building on the night of the incident at the beach, why does she run back outside and call after him?
(a) She wants to tell him that she loves him.
(b) She needs to get her blanket back from him.
(c) She wants to know if he needs an umbrella.
(d) She want to know if he is going to tell anyone what happened.

2. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?
(a) "The Mirror."
(b) "Water."
(c) "We Did It."
(d) "In Darkness and in Light."

3. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?
(a) The "lilac bushes in Marquette Park."
(b) Gin saying that she feels "like Doris Day" is watching her.
(c) The characters visiting "Oak Street Beach."
(d) The "now defunct Clark Theater."

4. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?
(a) Wry.
(b) Ghoulish.
(c) Derisive.
(d) Effusive.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens after the night on the beach, when the narrator senses Gin growing distant while they are kissing?

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

5. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?

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