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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) 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 detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?
(a) Gin saying that she feels "like Doris Day" is watching her.
(b) The characters visiting "Oak Street Beach."
(c) The "lilac bushes in Marquette Park."
(d) The "now defunct Clark Theater."

3. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?
(a) Antanaclasis.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Anaphora.

4. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?
(a) Wry.
(b) Ghoulish.
(c) Effusive.
(d) Derisive.

5. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?
(a) A Navajo blanket.
(b) A picnic blanket.
(c) An army blanket.
(d) Her grandmother's quilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?

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

3. When the narrator unbuttons the second button on Gin's shirt, what does he see?

4. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?

5. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?

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