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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) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.
(b) Gin is not comfortable being alone with the narrator.
(c) They argue constantly about trivial things.
(d) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.

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

3. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?
(a) Her parents finding out.
(b) Getting pregnant.
(c) Him leaving her.
(d) Someone seeing them having sex.

4. Which of the following is one of the places where the narrator and Gin go to try to resume their attempts at intimacy after the incident at the beach?
(a) A party in the outer suburbs.
(b) The balcony of the Clark Theater.
(c) Gin's grandmother's house.
(d) The narrator's best friend's house.

5. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?
(a) Effusive.
(b) Derisive.
(c) Ghoulish.
(d) Wry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?

2. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?

3. In the story's opening, what details are related to the passage of time?

4. What happens after the night on the beach, when the narrator senses Gin growing distant while they are kissing?

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

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