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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 light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?
(a) Dead fish.
(b) Garbage.
(c) The condom.
(d) A dead body.

2. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Business suits.
(b) Cocktail attire.
(c) Monogrammed pajamas.
(d) Spa robes.

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

4. After the narrator drops Gin off at her building on the night of the incident at the beach, why does she run back outside and call after him?
(a) She wants to know if he needs an umbrella.
(b) She needs to get her blanket back from him.
(c) She wants to tell him that she loves him.
(d) She want to know if he is going to tell anyone what happened.

5. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?
(a) It forms an ironic contrast with the story's opening.
(b) It creates increasing tension as the list continues.
(c) It highlights the comic understatement of the narrator's response to the situation.
(d) It stresses the similarities between the narrator and these strangers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?

3. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?

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

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

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