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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) Light and darkness.
(b) Gin's bed and their parents' cars.
(c) Grass, leaves, and snow.
(d) The condition of the Rambler and the rosary.

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

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

4. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?
(a) He is experiencing a feeling of being lost in space and time.
(b) The sound of the waves is exaggerated by his excitement.
(c) Gin has always imagined losing her virginity on a California beach.
(d) He is referencing the film From Here to Eternity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gin believe is true about the dead woman on the beach?

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

3. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?

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

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

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