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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 rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?
(a) It stresses the similarities between the narrator and these strangers.
(b) It creates increasing tension as the list continues.
(c) It highlights the comic understatement of the narrator's response to the situation.
(d) It forms an ironic contrast with the story's opening.
2. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?
(a) "Pink peace."
(b) "Rose rapture."
(c) "Restless rose."
(d) "Panorama pink."
3. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?
(a) The "lilac bushes in Marquette Park."
(b) The "now defunct Clark Theater."
(c) Gin saying that she feels "like Doris Day" is watching her.
(d) The characters visiting "Oak Street Beach."
4. What is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?
(a) To try to give the woman CPR.
(b) To demand that the woman be covered up.
(c) To ask whether Gin and the narrator know the woman's name.
(d) To see if the baby is also deceased.
5. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?
(a) "We Did It."
(b) "In Darkness and in Light."
(c) "The Mirror."
(d) "Water."
Short Answer Questions
1. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?
2. 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?
3. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?
4. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?
5. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?
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