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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. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?
(a) They argue constantly about trivial things.
(b) Gin is not comfortable being alone with the narrator.
(c) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.
(d) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.

2. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?
(a) Effusive.
(b) Ghoulish.
(c) Wry.
(d) Derisive.

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

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

5. What does the narrator compare the dead woman's hair to?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) A horse's tail.
(c) Leaves.
(d) A wig.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare Gin's mother's rosary?

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

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

4. 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)?

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

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