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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. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?
(a) For her to apologize to him.
(b) For her to like him again.
(c) For her to get over the incident on the beach.
(d) For her to stay away from him.

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

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

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.

5. To what British author does the narrator ironically compare himself near the end of the story?
(a) D. H. Lawrence.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) H. G. Wells.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?

2. 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)?

3. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?

4. What is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?

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

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