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

2. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?
(a) They argue constantly about trivial things.
(b) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.
(c) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.
(d) Gin is not comfortable being alone with the narrator.

3. In the simile that the narrator uses when he describes holding Gin's breasts in his hands on page 234, to what does he compare her breasts?
(a) Water.
(b) Cups.
(c) A garden.
(d) Fruit.

4. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?
(a) "In Darkness and in Light."
(b) "The Mirror."
(c) "We Did It."
(d) "Water."

5. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?
(a) Chasing the seagulls out of the sky.
(b) Making sea glass on Michigan beaches.
(c) Lighting up the paths of far-away freighters.
(d) Setting Indiana barns on fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?

3. In the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?

4. What is the narrator's tone when he recalls, "I was trying to calm your terror with reassuring phrases such as 'Holy shit! I don’t fucking believe this!'” (236)?

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

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