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

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

3. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?
(a) The drowned woman.
(b) A series of Elvis movies they saw at a drive-in.
(c) A female poet who has committed suicide.
(d) Whether they will ever have sex.

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

5. In the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?
(a) Dead fish.
(b) The condom.
(c) Garbage.
(d) A dead body.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?

2. 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)?

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

4. To what British author does the narrator ironically compare himself near the end of the story?

5. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?

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