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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 does Gin believe is true about the dead woman on the beach?
(a) She was sent by God.
(b) She was an omen.
(c) Her death was accidental.
(d) Gin and the narrator could have saved her.

2. 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) Whether they will ever have sex.
(d) A female poet who has committed suicide.

3. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?
(a) The Cokes.
(b) The suntan lotion.
(c) The wind.
(d) The lip gloss.

4. Which of the following techniques is used in the sentence "How adept we were at fumbling, how perfectly mistimed our timing, how utterly we confused energy with ecstasy" (233)?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Antithesis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?

2. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?

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

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?

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

(see the answer key)

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