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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. 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?
(a) Look at Gin uncomfortably.
(b) Cross themselves and say a prayer.
(c) Remove their hats and bow their heads.
(d) Tell the narrator and Gin to move back.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what British author does the narrator ironically compare himself near the end of the story?

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

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

4. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?

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

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