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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. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?
(a) The ambulance attendant.
(b) Curious onlookers.
(c) The police officer with a beer belly.
(d) The police officer with the crew cut.

2. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?
(a) Reverent.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Factual.
(d) Inflammatory.

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

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

5. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?
(a) A Navajo blanket.
(b) An army blanket.
(c) Her grandmother's quilt.
(d) A picnic blanket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gin mean when she tells the narrator that she knows the dead woman?

3. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?

4. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?

5. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?

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