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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 Gin's dream about the beach, why has the narrator left her alone?
(a) He has gone to get some mustard.
(b) After they have sex, he loses interest in her.
(c) They have had a big fight.
(d) He is trying to help find a lost child.

2. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?
(a) "Pink peace."
(b) "Restless rose."
(c) "Panorama pink."
(d) "Rose rapture."

3. 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) A dead body.
(b) Dead fish.
(c) Garbage.
(d) The condom.

4. Which of the following techniques is used in the sentence "How adept we were at fumbling, how perfectly mistimed our timing, how utterly we confused energy with ecstasy" (233)?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Polysyndeton.

5. 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 "now defunct Clark Theater."
(d) The characters visiting "Oak Street Beach."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gin tell the narrator "Stop" when they are just about to have sex (236)?

2. In the story's opening, what details are related to the passage of time?

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

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?

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

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