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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 what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?
(a) He begins collecting newspaper articles about drownings.
(b) He constantly imagines her there beside Gin.
(c) He sees her as a symbol of his own recklessness.
(d) He imagines that every man he sees could be her killer.

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

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

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

5. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?
(a) For her to apologize to him.
(b) For her to get over the incident on the beach.
(c) For her to like him again.
(d) For her to stay away from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?

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

3. To what does the narrator compare Gin's mother's rosary?

4. What does the narrator compare the dead woman's hair to?

5. In the story's opening, what details are related to the story's epigraph?

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