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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 mean when she tells the narrator that she knows the dead woman?
(a) She dreams about the woman.
(b) The woman was from her neighborhood.
(c) The woman was not much older than Gin.
(d) The woman is a distant relative of Gin's.

2. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?
(a) His underwear.
(b) A condom.
(c) Gin's blanket.
(d) Beach sand.

3. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?
(a) "Restless rose."
(b) "Rose rapture."
(c) "Panorama pink."
(d) "Pink peace."

4. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?
(a) The "now defunct Clark Theater."
(b) The characters visiting "Oak Street Beach."
(c) Gin saying that she feels "like Doris Day" is watching her.
(d) The "lilac bushes in Marquette Park."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?

2. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?

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

4. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?

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

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