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

2. What characteristic of the area around the beach is conveyed with its nickname, the "Gold Coast"?
(a) It is full of opportunity.
(b) It is similar to the Mediterranean.
(c) It is beautiful.
(d) It is expensive.

3. What is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?
(a) To see if the baby is also deceased.
(b) To try to give the woman CPR.
(c) To ask whether Gin and the narrator know the woman's name.
(d) To demand that the woman be covered up.

4. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?
(a) Yehuda Amichai.
(b) Perry Katzek.
(c) Stuart Dybek.
(d) Vincent Kowalski.

5. In the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Garbage.
(c) The condom.
(d) Dead fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?

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

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

4. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?

5. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?

(see the answer key)

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