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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 kind of buildings are on the lovers' lane?
(a) Bars and strip clubs.
(b) Run-down cottages.
(c) Abandoned factories.
(d) Giant warehouses.

2. Which of the following is one of the places where the narrator and Gin go to try to resume their attempts at intimacy after the incident at the beach?
(a) The narrator's best friend's house.
(b) The balcony of the Clark Theater.
(c) A party in the outer suburbs.
(d) Gin's grandmother's house.

3. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?
(a) He sees her as a symbol of his own recklessness.
(b) He begins collecting newspaper articles about drownings.
(c) He constantly imagines her there beside Gin.
(d) He imagines that every man he sees could be her killer.

4. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Juxtaposition.

5. What is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?
(a) To try to give the woman CPR.
(b) To demand that the woman be covered up.
(c) To see if the baby is also deceased.
(d) To ask whether Gin and the narrator know the woman's name.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?

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

4. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?

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

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