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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 is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?
(a) His relative experience compared to Gin.
(b) His eagerness to have sex with Gin.
(c) His blindness to Gin's feelings.
(d) His responsible attitude.

2. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?
(a) He is referencing the film From Here to Eternity.
(b) He is experiencing a feeling of being lost in space and time.
(c) The sound of the waves is exaggerated by his excitement.
(d) Gin has always imagined losing her virginity on a California beach.

3. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?
(a) He was a priest who argued that premarital sex is not a mortal sin.
(b) He was a legendary lover.
(c) He was a poet who wrote about the nobility of faithfulness.
(d) He was a groundbreaking psychiatrist.

4. What kind of buildings are on the lovers' lane?
(a) Abandoned factories.
(b) Bars and strip clubs.
(c) Giant warehouses.
(d) Run-down cottages.

5. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?
(a) The ambulance attendant.
(b) Curious onlookers.
(c) The police officer with the crew cut.
(d) The police officer with a beer belly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' social circumstances?

3. What technique is used in the sentence "On my fingers your slick scent mixed with the coconut musk of the suntan lotion we’d repeatedly smeared over each other's bodies" (234) ?

4. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?

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

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