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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. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?
(a) They argue constantly about trivial things.
(b) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.
(c) Gin is not comfortable being alone with the narrator.
(d) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.

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

3. What technique is evident in the phrase "feverish plucking and twanging, tom-toms, congas, and gongs" (235)?
(a) Double entendre.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Euphony.
(d) Hyperbaton.

4. 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 beautiful.
(c) It is expensive.
(d) It is similar to the Mediterranean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?

2. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?

3. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?

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

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

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