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

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

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

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

5. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?
(a) Reverent.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Factual.
(d) Inflammatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?

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

3. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?

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

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

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