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

2. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?
(a) The Cokes.
(b) The lip gloss.
(c) The wind.
(d) The suntan lotion.

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

5. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?
(a) Crash-test dummies.
(b) Fallen soldiers.
(c) Abandoned mannequins.
(d) Sleeping dolls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?

3. In the simile that the narrator uses when he describes holding Gin's breasts in his hands on page 234, to what does he compare her breasts?

4. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?

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

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