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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 the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?
(a) Garbage.
(b) A dead body.
(c) The condom.
(d) Dead fish.

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

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

4. To what does the narrator compare Gin's mother's rosary?
(a) A snake.
(b) A noose.
(c) A bolo tie.
(d) A belt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the simile that the narrator uses when he describes holding Gin's breasts in his hands on page 234, to what does he compare her breasts?

2. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?

3. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?

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

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

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