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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 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)?
(a) Bemused.
(b) Acerbic.
(c) Fatalistic.
(d) Ironic.

2. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?
(a) Crash-test dummies.
(b) Abandoned mannequins.
(c) Sleeping dolls.
(d) Fallen soldiers.

3. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?
(a) His eagerness to have sex with Gin.
(b) His relative experience compared to Gin.
(c) His blindness to Gin's feelings.
(d) His responsible attitude.

4. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?
(a) He begins collecting newspaper articles about drownings.
(b) He imagines that every man he sees could be her killer.
(c) He sees her as a symbol of his own recklessness.
(d) He constantly imagines her there beside Gin.

5. What technique is evident in the phrase "feverish plucking and twanging, tom-toms, congas, and gongs" (235)?
(a) Hyperbaton.
(b) Double entendre.
(c) Euphony.
(d) Cacophony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of buildings are on the lovers' lane?

2. What is the description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?

3. When the narrator unbuttons the second button on Gin's shirt, what does he see?

4. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?

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

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