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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 description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?
(a) The narrator's general clumsiness.
(b) The pressure of time passing.
(c) The complex nature of growing up.
(d) The comical setting of their first attempt at sex.

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

3. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?
(a) A series of Elvis movies they saw at a drive-in.
(b) A female poet who has committed suicide.
(c) The drowned woman.
(d) Whether they will ever have sex.

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

5. What does Gin believe is true about the dead woman on the beach?
(a) She was an omen.
(b) Her death was accidental.
(c) She was sent by God.
(d) Gin and the narrator could have saved her.

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 does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?

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

4. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?

5. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?

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