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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 is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?
(a) It stresses the similarities between the narrator and these strangers.
(b) It forms an ironic contrast with the story's opening.
(c) It highlights the comic understatement of the narrator's response to the situation.
(d) It creates increasing tension as the list continues.

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

3. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?
(a) Beach sand.
(b) Gin's blanket.
(c) His underwear.
(d) A condom.

4. When the police examine the woman's body in the light of their flashlights, what does her nakedness and obvious pregnancy cause them to do?
(a) Tell the narrator and Gin to move back.
(b) Remove their hats and bow their heads.
(c) Look at Gin uncomfortably.
(d) Cross themselves and say a prayer.

5. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?
(a) Crash-test dummies.
(b) Abandoned mannequins.
(c) Sleeping dolls.
(d) Fallen soldiers.

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

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

4. In the story's opening, what details are related to the story's epigraph?

5. What is the narrator's tone when he recalls, "I was trying to calm your terror with reassuring phrases such as 'Holy shit! I don’t fucking believe this!'” (236)?

(see the answer key)

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