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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. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Monogrammed pajamas.
(b) Business suits.
(c) Cocktail attire.
(d) Spa robes.

2. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?
(a) A series of Elvis movies they saw at a drive-in.
(b) Whether they will ever have sex.
(c) A female poet who has committed suicide.
(d) The drowned woman.

3. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Litotes.

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

5. What is the description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?
(a) The pressure of time passing.
(b) The narrator's general clumsiness.
(c) The complex nature of growing up.
(d) The comical setting of their first attempt at sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' youth?

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

3. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?

4. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?

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

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