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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. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

3. When the police examine the woman's body in the light of their flashlights, what does her nakedness and obvious pregnancy cause them to do?
(a) Tell the narrator and Gin to move back.
(b) Remove their hats and bow their heads.
(c) Look at Gin uncomfortably.
(d) Cross themselves and say a prayer.

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

5. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?
(a) Nuclear annihilation.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Global pandemic.
(d) Water scarcity.

Short Answer 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?

2. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?

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

4. What kind of buildings are on the lovers' lane?

5. 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?

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